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arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkPrior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources saywww.reuters.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·23 hours agoSo the consequences of this are projected by the CIA to be counterproductive and we’re committing it anyways, right? “Strategy” of ideology. That explains much. _ /\ _
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·17 hours agothe goal is to make sure next generation of Iranians rightfully hates America. they are doing it to make sure there are always enemies to bomb
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoI doubt they plan beyond “we get the resources and a leader who keeps the people in line so we can,” but I could be wrong.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agofomenting antiamericanism, and therefore a future generation of brown people to murder is just a nice extra
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·21 hours agoThere was one evergreen line in that strange movie the interview and it goes like: ‘How many times will America repeat the same mistake?’ ‘AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES!’
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·23 hours agoIts not counterproductive if your end goal is escalation.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·22 hours agoIt’s probably a mix of bribery and wanting to break American democracy.
So the consequences of this are projected by the CIA to be counterproductive and we’re committing it anyways, right?
“Strategy” of ideology.
That explains much.
_ /\ _
the goal is to make sure next generation of Iranians rightfully hates America. they are doing it to make sure there are always enemies to bomb
I doubt they plan beyond “we get the resources and a leader who keeps the people in line so we can,” but I could be wrong.
fomenting antiamericanism, and therefore a future generation of brown people to murder is just a nice extra
There was one evergreen line in that strange movie the interview and it goes like:
‘How many times will America repeat the same mistake?’
‘AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES!’
Its not counterproductive if your end goal is escalation.
It’s probably a mix of bribery and wanting to break American democracy.
No, that is the objective