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originally posted by: enlightenedservant
a reply to: Willtell
Once again, how can you leave out the petrodollar, our pro-Israel policies, and the fact that the US is backing the military govt which overthrew Morsi & has now banned the Muslim Brotherhood? Your post didn't address either of them.
Also understand this. These sinister forces NEVER do anything for merely one reason.
They do evil for many reasons and my theory may be the main reason but they have other options to themselves when they fail or succeed
Such as benefit to their puppy Israel. Their pipeline. and the most lucrative option of all: satisfying the Military Industrial Intelligence complex beast.
Remember the plan elucidated by General Wesley Clark to destroy 7 ME countries in 5 years
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
originally posted by: CharlesT
You’re trying to overcomplicate this issue. No offence intended here but I remember the old saying,"Keep It Simple Stupid".
Gaddafi was in the process of developing a gold backed African currency that would have displaced the French currency being used.
Afghanistan was about an oil pipeline.
en.wikipedia.org...
Syria is about an oil pipeline.
www.mintpressnews.com...
This crap is for no other reason than financial GREED.
I dealt with this here
You just think their making mistakes ?
You're very naive
originally posted by: SlowNail
a reply to: schuyler
Haha. I see what's happened here. This whole mess is the fault of everyone who doesn't share my affiliation. Basically, everyone who isn't me.
Stoopid lefties, ruining my world.
originally posted by: CharlesT
You’re trying to overcomplicate this issue. No offence intended here but I remember the old saying,"Keep It Simple Stupid".
Gaddafi was in the process of developing a gold backed African currency that would have displaced the French currency being used.
Afghanistan was about an oil pipeline.
en.wikipedia.org...
Syria is about an oil pipeline.
www.mintpressnews.com...
This crap is for no other reason than financial GREED.
The guys who prodded the simpleton Bush to destroy Iraq… remember that
And the sinister ones who did 911…remember that
Not so simple after all
Sure regular greed is always a part of it but there are always, many reasons for aggression
You think 911 was just done over oil and gas, I disagree
No offense, but sometimes keeping is simple is only for the simple minded
According to the U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, a covert operation (also as CoveOps or covert ops) is "an operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor." It is intended to create a political effect which can have implications in the military, intelligence or law enforcement arenas affecting either the internal population of a country or individuals outside of it. Covert operations aim to secretly fulfill their mission objectives without any parties knowing who sponsored or carried out the operation.
Under United States law, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must lead covert operations unless the president finds that another agency should do so and properly informs the Congress. Normally, the CIA is the US Government agency legally allowed to carry out covert action.[1] The CIA's authority to conduct covert action comes from the National Security Act of 1947.[2] President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12333 titled United States Intelligence Activities in 1984. This order defined covert action as "special activities", both political and military, that the US Government could legally deny. The CIA was also designated as the sole authority under the 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act and in Title 50 of the United States Code Section 413(e).[2][3]
The CIA must have a "Presidential Finding" issued by the President of the United States in order to conduct these activities under the Hughes-Ryan amendment to the 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act.[1] These findings are then monitored by the oversight committees in both the US Senate and the House of Representatives.[4] As a result of this framework, the CIA "receives more oversight from the Congress than any other agency in the federal government".[5] The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, responsible for Covert Action and "Special Activities". These special activities include covert political influence and paramilitary operations. The division is overseen by the United States Secretary of State.[2]
The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, responsible for Covert Action and "Special Activities". These special activities include covert political influence and paramilitary operations. The division is overseen by the United States Secretary of State.[2]
On April 23, 2015 the New York Times reported Drone Strikes Reveal Uncomfortable Truth: U.S. Is Often Unsure About Who Will Die.“Mr. Obama and his top aides have repeatedly promised greater openness about the drone program but have never really delivered on it,” said the Times, quoting Rachel Stohl, of the Stimson Center, a Washington research institute.
On October 20, 2015, the Huffington Post reported Nearly 90 Percent Of People Killed In Recent Drone Strikes Were Not The Target
“U.S. drone strikes have killed scores of civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia,” said the article, emphasis mine.
US Policy Radicalizes Terrorists
How many terrorists did the US radicalize in the process?
How many innocent civilians died? How much compensation did the US pay? Sorry, that’s classified information.