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12 sats \ 6 replies \ @justin_shocknet 8 Mar \ parent \ on: Trump’s War with Iran Is Even More of a Disaster than People Realize Politics_And_Law

Beating Nixon, who they also ran a coup against...

Almost like JFK was the one that they thought would play ball, but then didn't

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1 sat \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 8 Mar

JFK didn't play ball with CIA? he approved bay of pigs right?

JFK was in over his head especially on foreign policy

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23 sats \ 4 replies \ @justin_shocknet 8 Mar

He refused the military air cover, foiling the plot

CIA is who whacked him

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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 8 Mar

no wonder he created USAID via executive order in 1963!

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12 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 8 Mar

Yes, he knew the CIA undermined the state department, usaid was a step towards restructure

Just because the CIA co-opted it doesn't mean it was a tool neant for them, quite the opposite

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 8 Mar

Marco Rubio, Sec State is now in charge of USAID

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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 8 Mar

Trump invoked Kennedy's NSAM 57 in term 1, subordinating the CIA to the military

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