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minus-squareArcane2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-28 天前Historically, whenever civil war suddenly breaks out in any country (not just in the middle east), it’s the CIA 9 times out of 10
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 天前That may not be wrong historically. But the CIA had what interest exactly in toppling the US-supported authoritarian regimes in the Middle East with the “Arab Spring” in 2011?
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 天前it’s wrong historically. the CIA was never good at that stuff
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 天前No, it isn’t. The CIA are not good at statecraft. The FSB/GRU and formerly the KGB were great at that stuff. The CIA “won” the cold war because the CCCP was incompetent not because America was good at anything.
minus-squareArcane2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前Morons say that every time, until declassification occurs decades later. At some point you need to start seeing the signs
Historically, whenever civil war suddenly breaks out in any country (not just in the middle east), it’s the CIA 9 times out of 10
That may not be wrong historically.
But the CIA had what interest exactly in toppling the US-supported authoritarian regimes in the Middle East with the “Arab Spring” in 2011?
it’s wrong historically. the CIA was never good at that stuff
No, it isn’t. The CIA are not good at statecraft. The FSB/GRU and formerly the KGB were great at that stuff. The CIA “won” the cold war because the CCCP was incompetent not because America was good at anything.
Morons say that every time, until declassification occurs decades later. At some point you need to start seeing the signs