Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light
By Thoreau
Like IOZ said, if an official in your government is being paid by a foreign intelligence agency, he is by definition corrupt. Johns need to stop acting so surprised that their whore has other clients.
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August 26, 2010 @ 11:01 am
[...] this is, indeed, damning in a general sense, it should also be noted (as it is here and here), that being on the CIA payroll is itself corruption! Although the article does not [...]
Comment by Bob Weber —
August 26, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
Yeah, it’s kinda like when one spouse cheats with another person’s spouse, both cheaters dump the old spouse and they marry, then both are shocked to discover that now their new spouses are cheating on them.
Comment by Thoreau —
August 26, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
That’s another reason why I’m wary of funding even the most liberal (or apparently liberal) of opposition movements in oppressive countries. No matter how liberal the opposition group might be, or claim to be, or even believe itself to be, if the group takes foreign money it is, at the end of the day, a group willing to take money from a foreign government with its own set of interests in that country.
Liberal opposition groups should be patriots and nationalists in the best sense of the word, if they are to have credibility and demonstrate dedication to self-determination.
Comment by Nell —
August 27, 2010 @ 10:13 am
So it’s a good thing we told that Lafayette guy where he could stick his francs…