• jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      so by agreeing with your assessment of the situation makes the US intelligence agencies worse than most of the world? you see what i am getting at here right?

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        Their point is (I assume), this observation is very obvious, very old and that anyone could have told you Israel would attempt to torpedo any peace deal long before now.

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          yes. that is the very superficial view. can you think of any particular reasons why they (the usa intelligence community) decided to publicly acknowledge this very trivial conclusion at this point in time?

          look people its not hard, by them doing this it completely undercuts any equivocation the current administration might do regarding iran/isreal situation. its basically them forcing the administration to hold isreal accountable or look like bigger buffoons than they already are.

          this is a good thing.

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            You mean apart from to avoid seeming incompetent and lacking influence retroactively like with Hormuz? Hardly superficial when they could have made that stance apparent at any point before now to meet that very same objective. Also, not sure why you wouldn’t have opened with this speculation rather than lead with round about questions, that only seemingly make sense after you pose this hypothesis. Your assumptions have much more faith in the US administration than most may still have.

            Also, this isn’t a classroom and you’re not a teacher. Just open with your speculation next time and drop the question-talking, “look people” nonsense.

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              Hardly superficial when they could have made that stance apparent at any point before now to meet that very same objective.

              This is not a group that makes public statements often. they only do it as last resort. This is a group of individuals who believe not saying anything is a better practice.

              Also, this isn’t a classroom and you’re not a teacher.

              thank fucking god you’d all fail lol. And I’m not speculating this has been common practice for the intelligence community for literally 100 years now.

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                This is not a group that makes public statements often. they only do it as last resort.

                Which has nothing to do with my statement. Commenting before now means they would have commented the same amount, but sooner. Even if it’s still well after it’s obvious to the general public.

                And I’m not speculating this has been common practice for the intelligence community for literally 100 years now.

                Unless you are a part of the US intelligence apparatus, your remarks on why they’ve not commented before now literally cannot be anything but speculation.

                thank fucking god you’d all fail lol

                Incredible. Turning criticism of annoyingly condescending and round-about style of question-talking into a scenario where in fact, you are the teacher, failing everyone else.

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                  Which has nothing to do with my statement.

                  has everything to do with your statements. you’re critique is that they could have spoken up sooner. which while true, ignores the actual behavior that they have demonstrated for literally a century. you: ‘dad, why did the bee sting me when I shook its nest?’ shocked pikachu

                  its hardly surprising they came out publicly now. 1) because it was patently obvious to literally everyone there was no need to except… 2) when they believe the current administration is being exceptionally idiotic… funny that its happened multiple times for this administration…

                  Unless you are a part of the US intelligence apparatus, your remarks on why they’ve not commented before now literally cannot be anything but speculation.

                  sure. I refer you to the bee example again. next you’ll tell me you shouldnt touch a hot stove.