23-03-2010, 09:42 PM
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Wrote:Let me clarify Paul you hereby mean to suggest CIA support for Castro not merely in 57-59 period, which is less controversial, but considerably past 1960....?
Uncontroversial - nay, self-evident - to thee and thou, Nat, but what about the scriveners in Anglo-American ivory towers? Someone should really have a quite word with the dissertation factories - the game's up.
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Wrote:I remember your arguing this a while back and feeling the need of more argument. I've no doubt you're not in short supply so how about putting petal near metal... you're in the driver's seat!
Well, at the spook-level, which is really theatre at its most murderous, illusory, and pornographic, what we see is, for want of a more felicitous characterization, controlled reciprocal penetration (CRP). It's controlled because one side, Langley, ultimately moves the major pieces on both sides; but there's promiscuous reciprocal penetration lower down the food chain to ensure that a tight rein is established & maintained on Langley's assets. This is not merely irony in action, but a question of efficiency: Getting the other side to do your work for you is simply shrewd business. Loose cannons do exist and must be prevented from firing ordnance where they shouldn't.
The purpose of CRP is to ensure the hemispheric pretext reminds in place, and rigidly channeled in the directions intended. It provides nourishing myths of derring-do, splendid narratives of heroism and betrayal (much utilised by the CIA in the Kennedy years), and changes...nothing.
Paul