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cgod · 1613 days ago · link · · parent · post: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says
The CIA did pretty well in Indonesia, Chili, Argentina and few other places if two million or so unnecessary corpses is doing pretty well. An empire based on Trade became the global standard, an empire that mostly didn't involve our own troops but in which we captured a great deal of the benefit. The CIA was a vital cog in that machine. That's what I think happened at least. We have mostly lost control of the beast we created but it was a glorious half century if you can stomach the cost.