For those who don't remember history,
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And folks think that they never did any other similar plans later on to justify wars and invasions???
Kennedy‘s CIA, which was really Eisenhower CIA, was actually completely out of control under Allan Dulles.
Eisenhower was enamored with intelligence and special operations because of the massive effect it had had on the success of the D-Day landings and the execution of World War II. He also was big on soft power, rather than having the military involved in everything use the old SOE model of sticking a dagger in someone’s back, not bombing them into the Stone Age.
The post Bay of Pigs agency, and the one that emerged from Stansfield Turner in the 1970s is nothing at all like what was going on back then.
Good luck finding someone to change brands of coffee in the canteen with a signature.
Not saying nefarious stuff can’t or doesn’t happen. But it isn’t Jason Bourne under any stretch of the imagination.
Think more along the lines of the executives at Ford motor company, trying to make an inexpensive, compact car and coming up with the Edsel because everyone needed a vote.
Cheers
Eisenhower was enamored with intelligence and special operations because of the massive effect it had had on the success of the D-Day landings and the execution of World War II. He also was big on soft power, rather than having the military involved in everything use the old SOE model of sticking a dagger in someone’s back, not bombing them into the Stone Age.
The post Bay of Pigs agency, and the one that emerged from Stansfield Turner in the 1970s is nothing at all like what was going on back then.
Good luck finding someone to change brands of coffee in the canteen with a signature.
Not saying nefarious stuff can’t or doesn’t happen. But it isn’t Jason Bourne under any stretch of the imagination.
Think more along the lines of the executives at Ford motor company, trying to make an inexpensive, compact car and coming up with the Edsel because everyone needed a vote.
Cheers
If anything, they have gotten worse, but much, much better at hiding it, or providing the sheep with a better cover/backstory.
Ohh ohh... do the USS Liberty next!
I am *SO* glad the CIA and US GOV don’t do these kind of things anymore!
Such colorful names!
All these wonderful monikers always reminds me of this scene from Rambo 2…
Rambo: First Blood Part II: "Comrade here is something that might be of interest to you... We intercepted Dragonfly, Wolf Den… Colorful names! Here we are, we have them in sight. And the reply: Abort the operation immediately."
Always thought it was just “the boys” letting out their inner LGBTQ, or something like that
I would argue that no effort at all is being made nowadays to hide the true intentions of our overseas jaunts.
And that is the rub of 9/11. Anyone with half a watt of brain power knows that was staged. However, the desire was to moderate the control and flow of oil is why that was done. Even some FBI agents were admitting that the WTC bombing of 1993 did not result in enough horrific deaths to sway public opinion on pro-active action in the ME. Just because we went to war in the middle east doesn't mean we were up against innocent and loving people. They torture and kill girls for going to school.
If I had to choose between us and a prophet who thinks he is a gentleman because he waited until his wife's 9th birthday to consummate their marriage, I will pick us.
