return2ozma@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agoSwifties wasted no time...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareStinkySocialist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoThe 42 attempts at assassinating Hitler ain’t nothing to sneeze at but Fidel Castro would like a word. The CIA attempted to assassinate him 638 times.
minus-squareivanafterall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoHow can this NOT mean that all CIA agents are like Mr. Magoo? How do you fail at a singular task more than 600 times and still have the world think you’re some fearsome spy force? “Well, sure, he was knocked out 638 times, but those 2 decision victories sure were something… Greatest boxer of all-time!”
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoTo be fair, most of the CIA was on an awful lot of LSD around that time.
The 42 attempts at assassinating Hitler ain’t nothing to sneeze at but Fidel Castro would like a word. The CIA attempted to assassinate him 638 times.
How can this NOT mean that all CIA agents are like Mr. Magoo?
How do you fail at a singular task more than 600 times and still have the world think you’re some fearsome spy force?
“Well, sure, he was knocked out 638 times, but those 2 decision victories sure were something… Greatest boxer of all-time!”
To be fair, most of the CIA was on an awful lot of LSD around that time.