• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We have the CIA. We do not need a cut out to influence Egypt. And arranging the entire region to the benefit of a genocidal regime is going to cause a lot of problems as the years go on. We should cut them loose.

    Edit to add - Intelligence flowing to Israel first is also a problem. We’ve caught Israel lying about intelligence stuff multiple times since October. I guarantee you we can get better quality intelligence by developing our own sources.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      We have the CIA. We do not need a cut out to influence Egypt.

      The CIA doesn’t operate in a vacuum. We’ve got the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance throughout the western world. The CIA routinely collaborates with Mossad. And there have been numerous partnerships with the FSB and MSS during the Bush/Obama Eras of the War on Terror.

      Edit to add - Intelligence flowing to Israel first is also a problem. We’ve caught Israel lying about intelligence stuff multiple times since October.

      We’ve caught Israeli spies in the US going back to the 1950s. We still work with them regularly.