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Thank you for this insight. I'll do my best not to sound glib or combative, or judgmental; but I genuinely would love to know: How did people working as 'inte

Thank you for this insight. I'll do my best not to sound glib or combative, or judgmental; but I genuinely would love to know: How did people working as 'intelligence officers' manage to make informed decisions without the fundamental knowledge that Iraq (and Afghanistan and Syria and Yemen etc) was basically a murderous, internationally illegal money laundering operation? Or, to try and put it another way, what processes are used to make sure that people have enough information to be effective in their jobs, while also making sure they don't know/care about the unspeakable evil they're enabling? ... Is it just effective compartmentalization? Camaraderie? Nationalism? Did you guys know, but just sort of not look at the elephant in the room? I'm probably failing at sounding non-judgmental... Apologies if so, but I've wondered this for a long time.

AndrewKemendo 2y ago
My answer would be too nuance for the Amount I’m interested in writing on this forum. I think it’s a combination of youthful exuberance, propagandized indoctrination from parents and society, etc. that leads certain groups to believe that you’re doing the right thing so whatever doubts you have, and even to whatever extent that you acknowledge the disconnect, there’s really no space to Change it even at the highest levels Ultimately you decide whether or not you’re going to put blinders on, try to fix the system or exit the system. I tried my best to Fix the system, but ultimately it was clear that I was going to be more effective outside of it and so I left it.
- mandmandam 2y ago
  Thank you. I wish you the very best of luck in your endeavors, which seem remarkably admirable in both intention and execution.
  - AndrewKemendo 2y ago
    Thank you, I appreciate that. It gets lonely out there and nice to see people who understand

AndrewKemendo 2y ago

My answer would be too nuance for the Amount I’m interested in writing on this forum. I think it’s a combination of youthful exuberance, propagandized indoctrination from parents and society, etc. that leads certain groups to believe that you’re doing the right thing so whatever doubts you have, and even to whatever extent that you acknowledge the disconnect, there’s really no space to Change it even at the highest levels Ultimately you decide whether or not you’re going to put blinders on, try to fix the system or exit the system. I tried my best to Fix the system, but ultimately it was clear that I was going to be more effective outside of it and so I left it.

mandmandam 2y ago
Thank you. I wish you the very best of luck in your endeavors, which seem remarkably admirable in both intention and execution.
- AndrewKemendo 2y ago
  Thank you, I appreciate that. It gets lonely out there and nice to see people who understand