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Not only CIA but US/European governments also have the same problem. Two examples are Iraq war and bombing of Libya. The big difference is that the Iraq/Libya
by jjcc 6y ago
Not only CIA but US/European governments also have the same problem. Two examples are Iraq war and bombing of Libya.
The big difference is that the Iraq/Libya cases were partially intended to do good things which could get some support from certain voters. That's worse than CIA coups with strategical goals but turned out to have unintended consequences which will be correctly evaluated later to avoid the future mistakes.
The actions with good intentions however are more deceptive because good intentions are often disguised self spiritual satisfactions so the real ground facts were less checked correctly. That's an theory that after tens of thousands deaths of Iraq war , the bombing of Libya could happen AGAIN with little objections because voters are fine with good intention of overthrowing evils, and with values (i.e. quasi religion) people are not likely to measure the magnitude of consequences.
In terms of disaster, next version of Hitler is a human rights promoter.(Tony Blair?) Good intention is a way to circumvent "fool me once/twice" alert because politicians cheated in a such a good way not only themselves are cheated to enhance the deception but talking is so spiritually attractive that even non-religious people don't think about the history of ground truth associated with those beautiful words.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThe good intention of overthrowing evils is something sold by Goebbels: > " The West is in danger. It makes no difference whether or not their governments and intellectuals realize it or not. > The German people, in any event, is unwilling to bow to this danger. Behind the oncoming Soviet divisions we see the Jewish liquidation commandos, and behind them terror, the specter of mass starvation and complete anarchy. ... Two thousand years of Western civilization are in danger. ... We could see our venerable part of the world collapse, and bury in its ruins the ancient inheritance of the West. That is the danger we face today. > My second thesis: Only the German Reich and its allies are in the position to resist this danger. ... Bolshevism set ideological as well as military boundaries, which poses a danger to every nation. The world no longer has the choice between falling back into its old fragmentation or accepting a new order for Europe under Axis leadership. The only choice now is between living under Axis protection or in a Bolshevist Europe." https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb36.htm https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb36...
- jjcc 6y agoWow, I didn't know that. It reminds me Pompeo who is a better version that has been evolved to adapt to the smarter population already know the danger of Nazis.