TCS: Defense - Weapons of Mass Distortion "One 'top Egyptian editor' told the Wall Street Journal back in 1991 about a conversation he had with Saddam. "I remember his saying, 'Compared to tanks, journalists are cheap - and you get more for your money.'"
True. Arab publics, still reeling from the reality inversions they'd been fed during Gulf War II, should brace themselves for another set of shocks. They probably won't be the only ones. (Just ask CNN.)
Nor is this the end of the matter. Like the Soviet and Nazi states upon which Ba'athist ideology was based, Saddam's bureaucracy kept documents. Lots and lots of documents. Sifting through the haystacks has just begun, and there are sharp needles aplenty to be found, with help of course from Iraqi factions and Western intelligence agencies. They, too, have reasons to cultivate journalists.
Shifting Sands
If Anglosphere intelligence agencies wish to become involved in ameliorating the poisonous climate of the Middle East, this is their big break. It's not something the CIA in particular has been very good at recently, though there are precedents.
True. Arab publics, still reeling from the reality inversions they'd been fed during Gulf War II, should brace themselves for another set of shocks. They probably won't be the only ones. (Just ask CNN.)
Nor is this the end of the matter. Like the Soviet and Nazi states upon which Ba'athist ideology was based, Saddam's bureaucracy kept documents. Lots and lots of documents. Sifting through the haystacks has just begun, and there are sharp needles aplenty to be found, with help of course from Iraqi factions and Western intelligence agencies. They, too, have reasons to cultivate journalists.
Shifting Sands
If Anglosphere intelligence agencies wish to become involved in ameliorating the poisonous climate of the Middle East, this is their big break. It's not something the CIA in particular has been very good at recently, though there are precedents.
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