20-02-2009, 10:23 AM
Paul Rigby Wrote:From memory, Nat, the CIA-Saudi relationship was largely mediated - perhaps "fronted" would be more apposite - by Aramco. I was reminded of this by a recent obit (see the text in bold). The overthrow of the Shah fell into the well-established pattern of CIA activity in the region- first establish & elevate an opposition figure; install him (displacing or diminishing the Brits); then demonize & use as pretext for intervention:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obitua...23089.html
David Smiley: Military officer who became a master of irregular warfare
Monday, 2 February 2009
Smiley: loyal and plain-speaking
I should have added an observation about obits for spooks in the British MSM: every last man and woman of them was, according to their chroniclers, a paragon and a genius. Curious, then, that the twentieth century saw the complete collapse of the Empire these titans purported to preserve and protect.