Should Russia intervene when the CIA gets involved in Central America

The CIA involvement down there is heavily tied to the war on drugs so take it for what its worth.

I come from an area with lots of central Americans esp El Salvador and they thank American all the time for stepping in.

The CIA is not a military force. They are agents. You don't think that the Russians have agents in Central America right now?

Stick to tax credits

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OMG TWD. Learn the ways of TD. You look like a noob IMO FWIW TBH.

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No. Because 1) we are mainly in South America helping countries fight drug lords and 2) Russia isn't the most powerful nation on earth. We can wave our big stick. They can't.

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Our strategy in South America has little to do with helping other countries. Our strategies (shhhh this is a big secret) have nothing to do with helping anything other than one of the many American interests. Any help or assistance we may provide to another government or organization must at its most basic level, aid in American national defense or security. I am sure that you understand this, so I fail to see why you have chosen to characterize our actions in SA, or anywhere for that matter, as altruistic. While many of you may disagree, I think comparisons to American involvement in SA, the ME, and Europe all have similarities to Russia's involvement in Ukraine. Don't construe this comment to mean that I believe they are in perfect parallel. Also, your qualifier of "mainly" is a weak out for your statement.

Now that being said, I prefer that the government not take actions for altruistic reasons, I also prefer that people not SUPPORT actions supposedly done for the benefit of other countries or altruistic fantasy. Inevitably when our government characterizes an action in this manner, it is to disguise what would be an otherwise unpopular act or policy. Typically one that will be very expensive in monetary and human terms. I have said it many times, taking action for the benefit of others is the worst reason for a government to take action. I mean that on every possible level.


These are good reads for anyone who really gives a shite about American conflict and interdiction.

Title 10

Title 32

Title 50

After even a brief review of those documents, it becomes clear that spending money to "help" other countries, organizations, ideas, or movements is NOT AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS.

Oh you naive folks.

Read "The Fish That Ate the Whale". A good read about a Louisiana citizen Sam Zemurray and his activities in the banana business in Central America.

LINK

When were bananas classified as drugs?

Oh and there was that Nicargua thing.

I am not saying we should not have been involved in Nicaragua--it is much closer to home than the Ukraine but we have no moral standing to criticize Russian involvement in a close neighbors affairs.

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I am not saying we should not have been involved in Nicaragua--it is much closer to home than the Ukraine but we have no moral standing to criticize Russian involvement in a close neighbors affairs.

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OK. So we would have no moral standing to criticize Hitler for invading Poland? It's his neighbor. Has nothing to do with us.

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I wonder what we would think if Russia threatened military involvement to stop us?

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ah....the old Ron Paul "how would we feel?" thesis on national security and foreign policy.