History has shown that men who can be bought often don’t stay bought.
Great way to put it. Consider Hamas and the Fatah. Fought a few months ago, the US and Israel show support to Abbas and the Fatah. Abbas swore he would have nothing to do with Hamas so the checks were sent to him. Next thing we find out is he is in talks with Hamas to work with his party.
When will we ever learn?
“When will we ever learn?”
We won’t ever change the way we operate, I don’t think so anyway. One problem I’ve seen people pound their head over is doing exactly what’s discussed in the article, but then wanting to hide from the fact. That’s immidieately crawling into a real defensive position right off the bat. I say stand up and say, ‘your damn right we paid some folks, and when the dust settled, we achieved our objectives...next question’ lol
How can we outbribe petrodollars, if not terrodollars?