The CIA's new recruitment ad [lol]

[bad_teammate 13191]

7 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Quite a few on this site seem to be unaware that there is a huge amount of criticism coming from the left at the mainstream of the Dem party for their use of identity politics as a salve to cover all evils.

They're aware of it, they just think that leftists and Republicans are the same

#resist

1 hour ago, GW Hayduke said:

Hold the CIA’s feet to fire on torture but understand the blame mostly lies with the Bush admin who approved those interrogation technique.

it's not a questionof Republican/Democrat, it's a question of empire

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The idea that all the CIA does is torture people is as stupid as the idea that they all drive Aston Martins. 

yeah the CIA does a lot more than that they also create international drug trade and fund extrajudicial murder squads internationally and organize and train terrorists and depose democratically elected leaders and spy on peaceful domestic political movements and murder civil rights activists. Oh and assassinations

[Goredho 17394]

We need the best and brightest of humanity, not just caucasians, empowered to bring their talents to bear on the mountain of problems our country (and the world) faces.  I’m glad the CIA gets this, and is doing what it can to make their pool of potential talent as broad and deep as possible.

Who would want the next Bin Laden not stopped because the best person for the job  wasn’t ever connected to our intelligence service through targeted outreach?

Oh, yeah.  Fucking racists, that’s who.

edit: Yeah, I ain’t qualified.

Edited May 5, 2021 by Goredho

[aggie08 21485]

They're probably equally likely to fund and train the next Bin Laden as they are to stop him, but your point remains valid.

[DDD Dad 14325]

We need the best and brightest of humanity, not just caucasians, empowered to bring their talents to bare on the mountain of problems our country (and the world) faces.  I’m glad the CIA gets this, and is doing what it can to make their pool of potential talent as broad and deep as possible.
Who would want the next Bin Laden not stopped because the best person for the job  wasn’t ever connected to our intelligence service through targeted outreach?
Oh, yeah.  Fucking racists, that’s who.

Bear

[bad_teammate 13191]

24 minutes ago, Goredho said:

We need the best and brightest of humanity, not just caucasians, empowered to bring their talents to bear on the mountain of problems our country (and the world) faces.  I’m glad the CIA gets this, and is doing what it can to make their pool of potential talent as broad and deep as possible.

Who would want the next Bin Laden not stopped because the best person for the job  wasn’t ever connected to our intelligence service through targeted outreach?

Oh, yeah.  Fucking racists, that’s who.

edit: Yeah, I ain’t qualified.

Love to be a volunteer corporate-speak cheerleader for unaccountable murder regimes

[Anastasis 23459]

This is about branding, marketing, and recruiting. That's about the extent of it. Every major corporation is doing similar campaigns with perhaps different wrinkles and priority targets, but it's all just marketing. 

 

[Tom 2959]

1 hour ago, GW Hayduke said:

The idea that all the CIA does is torture people is as stupid as the idea that they all drive Aston Martins. 

 

That's actually MI6 and their 00 program, not the CIA.

[Tom 2959]

Double post.

Edited May 5, 2021 by Tom

[Tom 2959]

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[JimmyJames 12271]

What a completely worthless troll thread. 
 

Would not read again. 

[Goredho 17394]

10 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

Love to be a volunteer corporate-speak cheerleader for unaccountable murder regimes

Love to be an ineffable twat?

 I’m no cheerleader for the CIA and all they are responsible for.  I’m a cheerleader for organizations, which in this specific instance happens to be the CIA, attracting and empowering the best from all backgrounds to put their talents to use for the common good.  If you want to rail against the CIA for their past transgressions, go for it, they deserve plenty of criticism.  But your posts like the above are the intardnet equivalent of a crazy homeless person yelling nonsensically at people walking by on the street.

[Shady Ray 1633]

38 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

They're probably equally more likely to fund and train the next Bin Laden as they are to stop him, but your point remains valid.

Given their 40-year penchant for extensively funding, training and arming Sunni extremism all over the globe, I have fixed it for you. 

[gmr548 16576]

Is everyone's opinion of the CIA based on movies and TV?

Is this a serious question? Have you ever been to the United States?

[gmr548 16576]

This is amazing. One of the few times where everyone regardless of where you are on political autism spectrum is laughing:
 

Well everyone is laughing, but I don’t think OP realizes it’s at him

[elfenix 34223]

We sure this isn't a viral ad for the next CBS procedural?

[tantric superman 4667]

I'm not following this thread too closely. 

My only concern is that after what I heard in that ad, Mija may be overthinking her TPS reports.

[bad_teammate 13191]

1 hour ago, Goredho said:

I’m a cheerleader for organizations, which in this specific instance happens to be the CIA, attracting and empowering the best from all backgrounds to put their talents to use for the common good.

that you think the CIA works for the common good is kind of alarming

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If you want to rail against the CIA for their past transgressions, go for it, they deserve plenty of criticism.  But your posts like the above are the intardnet equivalent of a crazy homeless person yelling nonsensically at people walking by on the street.

Which of the things I listed do you think is off-base with regards to CIA activities?

Like a little baby

[Willfully Horn 8001]

3 hours ago, wildcat09 said:

Seems pretty obvious to me that it was done intentionally to preemptively weed out traitors.

If so, then my earlier statement doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Ah well, nevertheless.

[Js1 85275]

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

Is this a serious question? Have you ever been to the United States?

Sadly, I don't know why I expected more of a United States Senator like Ted Cruz, who should know how many career officials in the CIA are just behind computers, reviewing intelligence and doing briefing reports.   They can be black, yellow, purple, have 4 eyes, 6 hands, 2 heads, LGBTQ and speak Martian for all I care, as long as they are doing their job. 

Maybe he's a big fan of Melissa McCarthy's "Spy" and just thinks the intelligence people behind the computer are one opportunity from taking on nuke smuggling rings in Eastern Europe. 

[Brisketexan 105064]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Sadly, I don't know why I expected more of a United States Senator like Ted Cruz, who should know how many career officials in the CIA are just behind computers, reviewing intelligence and doing briefing reports.   They can be black, yellow, purple, have 4 eyes, 6 hands, 2 heads, LGBTQ and speak Martian for all I care, as long as they are doing their job. 

Maybe he's a big fan of Melissa McCarthy's "Spy" and just thinks the intelligence people behind the computer are one opportunity from taking on nuke smuggling rings in Eastern Europe. 

Well, ole Ted DOES think that most movies are actually documentaries......

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2061]

1 hour ago, Tom said:

 

That's actually MI6 and their 00 program, not the CIA.

Does it look like we need the money?

[bad_teammate 13191]

If you want a movie, watch American Made. Good insight into how lazy and stupid our intelligence agencies are, how careless they are with the tremendous power and resources they have, and the thousands (tens/hundreds) of lives they destroy along the way.

books are better and more informative, but movies are more fun

[Willfully Horn 8001]

3 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

they just think that far left haters and RW trolls share the same goal. 

Fixed for accuracy. 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Willfully Horn
Clarity

[bad_teammate 13191]

what's the goal?

 

[Willfully Horn 8001]

Replace the President with someone else more to their liking.

Edited to add that it now seems like keeping the perne in the gyre spinning madly is a goal of the CIA, as well,!unless, as suggested, they are using the perne to preemptively filter applicants and don’t mind the loss of attention to rona and insurrection.

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[bad_teammate 13191]

2 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

Replace the President with someone else more to their liking.

The Obama administration infected the liberal mind with some kind of brain disease that taught them that literally the only thing that matters is having a Nice President I Like

[Goredho 17394]

1 hour ago, bad_teammate said:

that you think the CIA works for the common good is kind of alarming

Which of the things I listed do you think is off-base with regards to CIA activities?

Like a little baby

I agree with that self-assessment.  You might want to apply your non-binary acceptance of genders to organizations like the CIA.

Should the CIA be unscrutinized and above the law?  No.

Has the CIA done some heinous shit over the years?  Yes.

So far so good, we are in agreement.  But at this point your assessment ends.  You’ve now classified the CIA as part of the evil empire that is irredeemable.  Binary mode activated!  Defund the CIA!  War on anyone who happens to have a post hit the thread after mine that is not primarily concerned about the evils of the CIA!

My own considerations continue...

Is there a need for an intelligence org with the CIA’s mission?  Yes.

Was the CIA providing the intelligence necessary to take down Bin Laden a good thing?  Yes.

Was that it was a woman employed by the CIA that was primarily responsible for that intelligence a good thing?  Yes.

Is the CIA trying to recruit from all races, ethnicities and genders so that they have the best chance to succeed in their mission a good thing?  Yes.

This thread started with a post about that last point, denigrating the CIA for its diversified outreach.  That is what I have been discussing.  You want to engage me in a debate about the evils of the CIA and I don’t even disagree with you.  Jesus, you are a fucking moron and people like you are the very reason why the political spectrum can be described as a horseshoe.  You’re zealous antagonism makes you more resemble a conspiracy-spouting, Trump-fellating Qtard than anything else.

 

 

[Willfully Horn 8001]

4 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

The Obama administration infected the liberal mind with some kind of brain disease that taught them that literally the only thing that matters is having a Nice President I Like

I believe Joe’s ability to beat Trump was the attraction. That he seems nice was  a net positive, yes.

[Fudge Nuggets 19188]

3 hours ago, Anastasis said:

This is about branding, marketing, and recruiting. That's about the extent of it. Every major corporation is doing similar campaigns with perhaps different wrinkles and priority targets, but it's all just marketing. 

 

I wonder how much time and money was spent on that piece of shit video?  At least they had the cost awareness to go cartoon and not hire real actors.

[bad_teammate 13191]

5 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

I believe Joe’s ability to beat Trump was the attraction. That he seems nice was  a net positive, yes.

Ok great why did you bring that up here? what does that have to do with anything that's been discussed?

[Willfully Horn 8001]

Yes, @Goredho comment is much more interesting than my response to:

25 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

literally the only thing that matters is having a Nice President I Like

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Willfully Horn
Is and paring

[bad_teammate 13191]

28 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Is there a need for an intelligence org with the CIA’s mission?  Yes.

My answer to this question is "No".

Likely because you and I disagree regarding what is meant by the phrase "the CIA's mission".

International terrorism is a danger that we create for ourselves. Osama bin Laden is a perfect example of, as Reverend Wright very accurately and correctly stated, America's chickens coming home to roost. Holding up the spectre of the self-inflected Osama bin Laden wound is Patriot-Act-Era Republican (and Democratic, let's be honest) justification of our police state.

Defund the CIA? Absolutely. 100%. Do it immediately.

Do you seriously believe the brave and noble men and women and non-binary of the CIA are protecting you and your family from a threat? Answer truthfully.

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by bad_teammate

[bad_teammate 13191]

Also, goredho didn't actually specify what was crazy about any of the accusations I made regarding the CIA. Strange... I thought it was insane to cast such accusations!

[RDCanecutter 26381]

13 hours ago, bolverk said:

👀

🙄

CSB I was shown that tic-tac-toe looking code back in the 90s by a history geek who said it was used by Confederate spies. /CSB

[bad_teammate 13191]

3 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

CSB I was shown that tic-tac-toe looking code back in the 90s by a history geek who said it was used by Confederate spies. /CSB

we Danites used signs and counter-signs back when Brigham had us building up the Promised Land.

oddly enough, our younger generations are a favorite of the FBI and CIA because they'll forthrightly do everything they're told and look handsome while doing it, believing any kind of sappy patriotic story you can throw at 'em

 

[Nivek 16921]

Yup.  Kinda bananas really.

United Fruit Co. Or Chiquita

[Goredho 17394]

2 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

Also, goredho didn't actually specify what was crazy about any of the accusations I made regarding the CIA. Strange... I thought it was insane to cast such accusations!

 

Because...

I...

dont...

disagree...

dumbass 

[Dick Tremayne 103]

Ignoring the stupid fucking distraction that is this commercial, the book Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner is a great and thorough read on the full history of the CIA through the war on terror based on primary sources and interviews. Also the Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins is an easier read that give good insight to just how evil the CIA is and has been throughout its history. If someone can read either and think that the CIA provides any kind of service or value for good, then I'd rather not meet that person.

[Sawbonz 27537]

16 hours ago, bolverk said:

👀

🙄

[ChiTownDoc 21143]

22 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

The CIA is a terrorist organization. 

One ad with a brown chick and this is the conclusion you jump to...

[elfenix 34223]

[ChiTownDoc 21143]

22 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

man, you are fucking fast on the quotes. both times you had quoted me prior to my edit. guess all my typos are preserved for posterity, so there's that.

I was gonna edit my post above just 10 seconds after posting to make it more obvious I was joking - but WillfullyInMyHead had already given the LOL rep.  I admit, I was just a tad freaked out.  Glad I'm not the only one. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

[Willfully Horn 8001]

1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

I was gonna edit my post above just 10 seconds after posting to make it more obvious I was joking - but WillfullyInMyHead had already given the LOL rep.  I admit, I was just a tad freaked out.  Glad I'm not the only one. 

Noted. 
 

Are you saying you can no longer edit after a rep? Is that a tapa thing? On my phone. I can still edit posts that are  an hour old, I’ think. Still, noted.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

16 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

Noted. 
 

Are you saying you can no longer edit after a rep? Is that a tapa thing? On my phone. I can still edit posts that are  an hour old, I’ think. Still, noted.

no, you can (at least on the desktop version), but you do end up capturing forever what the message said prior to editing. In some cases I called someone a dumb cunt and felt bad because it's not their fault they're dumb or in this case I just was typing too fast and hit send too quickly. I was embarrassed to be associated with such drivel 😂

[ChiTownDoc 21143]

20 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

Noted. 
 

Are you saying you can no longer edit after a rep? Is that a tapa thing? On my phone. I can still edit posts that are  an hour old, I’ think. Still, noted.

What LH68 above said.  It's just funny when it happens when you're sure there's no way anybody has even looked at the post yet, much less quoted the damn thing and hit send.  

[Js1 85275]

 

[Brisketexan 105064]

23 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

Big, strong women, right out of central casting with tears in their eyes, they said "sir..."

[Beau Vine 54207]

If the CIA valued individuals based on their talent and skills, that simpering homunculus would have never been Director.

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

Everyone likes to bitch about the CIA but what are we supposed to do when a bunch of farmers in Central America want to run their own country? Just let them? Do you know how much money Dole would lose? You can either have democratically elected governments run by the people of those countries or cheap bananas. I believe it is my right as an American to buy 2 pounds of bananas for 75 cents and then not eat any of them and throw them away. God bless the CIA.