The head of the CIA, Bill Burns, might be labeled either a pawn or a peacemaker if he used his expertise in Russia to help negotiate an end to the ongoing brutal and unwinnable war.
Table of ContentsCalls for a moderate approach with RussiaGood counsel that went unheeded
The CIA has largely failed in its only legal mission, which is to give US policymakers accurate intelligence about the world outside of the Washington echo chamber so that US policymakers may make informed decisions. The CIA is lost in a disorganized maze of mirrors that it created.
Bill Burns was the previous deputy secretary of state; if, as many of his predecessors, President Biden genuinely desired to be led by reliable intelligence (which is by no means clear), then his choice of Burns as the director of the CIA was an encouraging, if confusing, appointment. Burns was no longer in charge of setting State Department policy, but his decades of diplomatic experience and wisdom might now potentially infl...
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