“A former Central Command official told the New York Times in [August 12] 2007, ‘If we were not in Iraq, we would have double or triple the number of Predators [drones] across Afghanistan, looking for Taliban and peering into the tribal areas. We’d have the *black* Special Forces you most need to conduct precision operations. We’d have more CIA.’ ”
– Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bin Laden’s Legacy, Page 105