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The polarity is the result of asking the question. It's not a presumption. Any basic knowledge of CIA history would conclude that they're a complete geopolitica
by smashah 5y ago
The polarity is the result of asking the question. It's not a presumption. Any basic knowledge of CIA history would conclude that they're a complete geopolitical and moral liability. Must be worth it to some maniacs though.
- the_optimist 5y agoIf you ask, "Do they do ANY good?", then yes. Organized criminals are also active in charity. A good question is, is the net effect positive, and are the downsides worth the upsides? Arguably not at all. Possibly in a severely restrained, reformed, governed manner. JFK was quite bitter about his experience, for example, and suggested he wished to "splinter the C.I.A. into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds." https://www.nytimes.com/1966/04/25/archives/cia-maker-of-policy-or-tool-survey-finds-widely-feared-agency-is.html https://www.nytimes.com/1966/04/25/archives/cia-maker-of-pol... https://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unspeakable/JFK-scatterCIAtoWinds.pdf https://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unspeakable/JFK-scatter...