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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Either the CIA is very good at it and no other countries can match them at toppling a regime, or they're really sloppy and we only know about it because of it, plus other large nations are doing it better than them without raising suspicion.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

Or - they want people to know. Fear is a powerful tool.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 months ago

I'd go with all the above from both comments.

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

This... this is the ninja thing again. Was Japan famous for its ninjas because they were the best in the world, or did every other country have ninja and Japan was just so shit at it that we associate them with Japan?

[-] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Because our perception of ninja is based around kabuki theater and not historical accuracy. Kabuki theater stage hands were always dressed in black to blend into the background. When an ninja assassination would happen in a show, the "stage hand" would do the assassination because the audience knows to kinda ignore the stage hands during the production.

IRL ninja would just look like normal people, waiting for the right opportunity to strike at someone.

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

This is something that the CIA actively engages in. It’s not quite at the covfefe level of “we meant to get caught,” but they do occasionally put out the word that they like it when they’re perceived as ham-fisted bunglers as it makes it easier to get away with stuff.

[-] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I see it as they're like master painters, just because you can see their brush strokes on the canvas, doesn't mean it wasn't masterfully done.

The CIA wants people to know what they've done but without giving away what they're doing now and that's what the CIA is really good at. It's why things like Trump taking the classified documents with him to Mar a Lago was such a huge deal, because they contained secrets that are still in use today and has led to a number of our own agents getting captured or killed.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The reality is that the CIA can only go so far in actually manufacturing dissent. More often they merely amplify and enable opposition which already exists. That's why the whole "CIA coup" meme is really a bit of a joke in the modern context. The CIA didn't ship millions of protestors willing to eat bullets into Kyiv. The whining really does reduce to "how dare you convince people that your system is better and provide material support to people with real grievances?". As if the CIA has a monopoly on agitprop

I'm sorry, but that's fair game as far as I'm concerned. If you don't like it then be less shitty.

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml -5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Uhh the CIA has been working on promoting Banderaism since the 60s AT LEAST. Also, hardcore neonazis/banderists have died already during the battle for Bahkmut.

Everyone else is being sent to die for either MiC profits or it's some type of depopulation plan.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

It's just high, high volume. You swing at every pitch and you're statistically bound to eventually hit some home runs. The CIA is always up to some shit.

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago

They have by far the largest budget. The US, Japan, and SK are our vassels. Their intelligence agencies don't do shit without us okaying it. There's a reason that Europe didn't say shit after we blew up nordstream 2.

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