This guy working for the CIA who blew up the 7 CIA agents

[NNN0LHI]

Is this the kind of people we are getting targeting information from for our drone attacks? Because if this is the case we are thoroughly fucked. Because that means we are probably targeting friendlies rather than the bad guys. Doesn't it?

If the bad guys are the ones feeding the information to our guys in Florida manning the drones over we are just being used to settle local grievances and killing a lot of people we probably shouldn't ought to be blowing up to smithereens.

Anyone else thought about this?

Don

[mmonk]

1. Good question.

Let's what the responses are.

[AzDar]

2. The whole fucking operation is FUBAR.

[madokie]

3. Hadn't thought of it before but now that I have I agree

This is all a big cluster fuck and its all about the oil and gas and the people who rightfully own those are being slaughtered unmercifully. If they were to throw up their hands and say its yours the carnage would stop immediately, sometimes I wonder if maybe they shouldn't go that route then challenge it in the courts. Anything to stop us from killing them. enough already

[jobycom]

4. That's exactly it, and that's exactly why these wars don't accomplish anything.

We aren't running the war, we are just the biggest weapon, and all sides battle to control us. The side that wins us can use us to destroy their enemies, and in a case like this, sometimes we can be tricked into working for the other side. We are the world's most dangerous pawn, because most of the time we think we are the king.

Edited title.

[Poll_Blind]

5. Jobycom, ya nailed it. n/t

PB

[mmonk]

10. Good analysis.

[Festivito]

14. /\______Wow. Well said. /nt

[cali]

6. that's an excellent point.

I think you're likely spot on.

[90-percent]

7. post 4

jobycom's post #4 has hit it out of the park!

Spot on, spot on!

-90% jimmy

[NNN0LHI]

8. You know he had to be well trusted to walk onto a CIA base without being searched

I sure would like to see the list of people this guy recommended to be hit with a Hellfire missile.

Don

[mmonk]

9. Yes. It will be a conflict where trust itself is a risk.

A dangerous game which can hit you when you least expect it. These things tend to end up that way. And then direction is lost, the reasons for it all unclear.

[Robb]

11. I doubt we're targeting "friendlies," really.

"Friendly" is probably a little strong for what passes as potential allies in this war.

Intelligence is a rough game, no question. I find small solace from the fact that if this inside guy outed himself (so to speak) by blowing up agents, he or his handlers probably figured his time was running out, they were on to him or would be soon, and it was time to make whatever play he still could.

Ugly business.

[formercia]

12. I guess the DoD didn't learn its lesson from Viet Nam.

When you hire locals, You can bet the enemy, also locals, are going to infiltrate the tightest perimeter.

[L0oniX]

19. Did anyone learn anything from Vietnam? ...or Kent State?

[rainbow4321]

13. You have to wonder if they realize that killing non-soldiers makes more news

When someone in our military is killed it might be mentioned in a sentence or two on the cable news with a vague "2 soldiers killed".

Now compare that to killing persons like CIA agents. Bigger headlines, lasts several news cycles, gets a response like "this will be avenged" from one of the federal agencies, etc..

And in the process, they wiped out people who reportedly had lots and lots of knowledge about anti-terrorism/the area they were stationed.

Is it any wonder that they are now targeting non-military personnel?

[malaise]

16. This will be avenged

Isn't that exactly the same view of all sides.
This old testament crap means this will never end. You cannot kill innocent people and not expect them to avenge those deaths by any means.
Stop the fugging wars.

[Jester Messiah]

15. They used to have a thing called "asset validation."

I guess they don't do that anymore. (As if they ever got it right to begin with.)

[fascisthunter]

17. how and why do idiots run this country

why is it, the majority here understand things our own government employees don't? This is a question I ask almost every fucking day.

[L0oniX]

18. Silly DU member ...we don't care about the dead innocent children and families.

They deserve it for being born over there anyway. They should have known better and become christian. We want to see our missiles used on them ...I like fireworks too. How dare you say anything bad about our CIA? They are smart and know how to do background checks on their employees. They would never do anything wrong. It must be all lies.

:sarcasm: