this seems to be, where my head is, about all this nonsense: Richard Cownie says: December 30, 2009 at 7:01 am<http://www.samefacts.com/2009/12/uncategorized/need-to-share/comment-page-1/#comment-36010>
“the Cold War world, where the key thing was keeping secrets” This argument seems to be claiming that the USA’s intelligence activities are competent, but outmoded. That seems far too generous: back in the Cold War they never kept any secrets worth a damn from the USSR; towards the end, they didn’t realize the USSR and its empire was about to collapse; and then this whole fracking Islamist-terror mess is largely blowback from inept US covert activities in various Muslim countries, from toppling Iran’s democracy to propping up dictatorships in Egypt and Saudi Arabia to funding and arming the mujahideen in Afghanistan. A simpler theory is that the USA’s intelligence operations are consistently and thoroughly incompetent (with a sprinkling of corruption and pure evil here and there – the guys installing bloody dictators abroad have never had much respect for democracy at home). On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM, richardsan <[email protected]> wrote: > i haven't read the article yet...but it appears that things weren't working > before 9/11 and are still not, to this day. > is the an ego thing or a not my job, thing? > > and no heads continue to not roll... > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Bruce Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't always agree with this blog, but this does make a lot of sense. >> >> <http://www.samefacts.com/2009/12/uncategorized/need-to-share/> >> >> Modern threats call for a different approach: we're not dealing with >> a monolithic peer enemy. >> >> This kind of compartmentalization and secrecy has helped bring about a >> system that puts US Senators and 2-year-olds on 'no-fly' lists, and >> lets underpants terrorists on board. >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> >> "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD >> > -- ...never eat your türdückén if it has died. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
