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I don't think assassinating the leader of a foreign power is particularly easy. I'm not sure the CIA ever managed it?

by grabcocque 10y ago

cm2187 10y ago
Well, someone succeeded with JFK...
- ekianjo 10y ago
  a domestic enemY is easier to get rid of than a foreign one.
- rat87 10y ago
  Lone nut-cases are hard to predict, therefore hard to stop.
user5994461 10y ago
I'd think that assassinating any human being is particularly easy. They are flimsy creatures. Unless Castro is living secluded in a bunker all day with only 3 servants, he'd be seeing hundreds of other humans everyday, any one of which could kill him.
- wlll 10y ago
  Maybe, though you might be able to say the same about the president of the US. The people surrounding the leader of any given country I'd guess would be people who have background and links, kinda like a network of trust (I'm thinking GPG here), one you have to infiltrate further away from the target? Families and relations and ties etc. Guessing most political leaders don't hire staff from temp agencies?
wlll 10y ago
That we know of. Which may be exactly the way they want it, and that may add to the difficulty.
fit2rule 10y ago
There is, unfortunately, a very long list: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US/Foreign_Assassinations_since_1945 https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US/Foreign_Assassinations_since_...
- literallycancer 10y ago
  That site doesn't seem very trustworthy.
  - fit2rule 10y ago
    What site does these days? I mean, does: http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history... .. or: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-cia-has-attempted-to-assassinate-50-foreign-leaders-including-chavez/5326864 http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-cia-has-attempted-to-assass... .. or: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/21/usa.davidpallister https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/21/usa.davidpalli... .. seem more or less trust-worthy to you? Perhaps there is a site that lists all the people America has not assassinated ..

I don't think assassinating the leader of a foreign power is particularly easy. I'm not sure the CIA ever managed it?

cm2187 10y ago

Well, someone succeeded with JFK...

ekianjo 10y ago
a domestic enemY is easier to get rid of than a foreign one.
rat87 10y ago
Lone nut-cases are hard to predict, therefore hard to stop.

user5994461 10y ago

I'd think that assassinating any human being is particularly easy. They are flimsy creatures. Unless Castro is living secluded in a bunker all day with only 3 servants, he'd be seeing hundreds of other humans everyday, any one of which could kill him.

wlll 10y ago
Maybe, though you might be able to say the same about the president of the US. The people surrounding the leader of any given country I'd guess would be people who have background and links, kinda like a network of trust (I'm thinking GPG here), one you have to infiltrate further away from the target? Families and relations and ties etc. Guessing most political leaders don't hire staff from temp agencies?

wlll 10y ago

That we know of. Which may be exactly the way they want it, and that may add to the difficulty.

fit2rule 10y ago

There is, unfortunately, a very long list: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US/Foreign_Assassinations_since_1945 https://wikispooks.com/wiki/US/Foreign_Assassinations_since_...

literallycancer 10y ago
That site doesn't seem very trustworthy.
- fit2rule 10y ago
  What site does these days? I mean, does: http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history-assassinations http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/21051/cia-and-long-history... .. or: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-cia-has-attempted-to-assassinate-50-foreign-leaders-including-chavez/5326864 http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-cia-has-attempted-to-assass... .. or: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/21/usa.davidpallister https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/21/usa.davidpalli... .. seem more or less trust-worthy to you? Perhaps there is a site that lists all the people America has not assassinated ..