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re: Are some of the reports of Mexican cartels joining ISIS true?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:19 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:19 am to SlowFlowPro
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Former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker said that he believes there is “a lot of communication” between ISIS and Mexican drug cartels given past efforts by al Qaeda to do likewise on Thursday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.”
“We’ve had good intel over the years about al Qaeda, about their efforts to coordinate with, as an example, Mexican cartels...in an effort to try to exploit our southern border” he reported, adding that a terrorist group like ISIS “absolutely” knows about the lack of security on the border.
Baker stated he believes there is “a lot of communication” between ISIS and drug cartels. And “the cartels are a business ... if there’s a revenue stream they can exploit, then they will, and the extremists understand that.”
What does this guy know? He's just an ex-CIA covert operations officer.
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Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:21 am to Darth_Vader
quote:He knows about as much as you do about what is currently going on behind the scenes
What does this guy know? He's just an ex-CIA covert operations officer.
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breitbart.com
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:23 am to Darth_Vader
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What does this guy know? He's just an ex-CIA covert operations officer.
a. if he wasn't working covert in mexico, or doing intel analysis in mexico, his opinion/statements are worthless
b. he has a direct, subjective reason to create a boogeyman. he creates a narrative and gains from spreading this narrative
you have a HUGE presumption that his comments are objective and noble. the fact that he is appearing on tv implies they're neither
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:23 am to Darth_Vader
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former
quote:Two key words.
believes
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:24 am to Darth_Vader
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What does this guy know? He's just an ex-CIA covert operations officer.
There are a ton of former CIA operations officers, not all of them are useful. It's like quoting a random person from an infantry unit to ask them about ISIS tactics.
FWIW, I've never seen Mike Baker as someone who was especially dubious, but it still seems like the cartels would not be interested in having the world come down on their operations.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 8:32 am to Darth_Vader
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He's just an ex-CIA covert operations officer.
Hey they lied to get us into one war already.
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