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has the cia ever been the goodguys?
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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Depends on the context. Covert operations and operators usually means that someone is bound to be negatively affected for the positive outcome of someone else.
There are no good guys or bad guys in geopolitics just interests. Sometimes those interests align with what most people consider good or bad. Read the field manual FM3-24 and learn about shaping and you will see what the CIAs bread and butter of their job entails.
I just read about shaping. It's everything I knew they were doing but given a name.
Thanks for the tip.