[WikiEN-l] A total loss of perspective

[The Cunctator]

On 2/27/06, Chris Jenkinson <chris at starglade.org> wrote:
> Sam Korn wrote:
> > Sorry in case my sarcasm was a little too dark (not the first time) --
> > I'm saying that the CIA are incompetant, and always have been!
>
> And, uh, you know that how? I don't expect many British teenagers to
> really be that deep in the loop for knowledge about the CIA's competency
> levels.
>
Actually, the point isn't that the CIA is incompetent -- it's that it
does things like fund dictators, sabotage democracies, set up secret
torture prisons, kidnap people (and send them to torture prisons), try
to arrange assassinations, spy on Americans, etc.