Re: Dating dictators
>More often than not, after being invited into a difficult and dangerous situation, they're ruthlessly exploited by local forces.......the successful faction can escape blame for anything by pointing a finger at the CIA, regardless of whether they received help from the agency or not.
Yes and no.
Usually it's our foreign POLICY that draws us in, spurred on by hawks in the defense industry.
Where there's "war", there's always money for weapons and the gung-ho response of well-trained warriors needing some place to go to use their skills.
Use it or lose it, ya know.