The CIA's code-breakers and computer crackers work just fine. They have been feeding Russian internal communications to those that will use it to do damage.
Even just supplying arms, intel and battle plans they have been plenty effective.
The issue isn't that the CIA is a bunch of buffoons; some are, but not all. The issue is that they are firmly in the Clintonite camp of the Democrat party. The CIA are political actors; they are no longer a tool of the state, but serve their own interests.
That is actually a Russian meme about Americans - that they are whores who will do anything for money. The Russians are not so and "honor" is a much bigger deal.
That the West does not understand this difference has been the major failing in politics.
Different factions with Russia have been jockeying for position as it has been perceived Putin is weakening.
The main two are Pirghozin who leads the Wagner mercenaries and Shoigu who leads the official military. Of the two, Wagner has generally been way more effective and most gains in Ukraine are due to them. Pirghozin himself is known for being in the trenches with his men (think General Mattis).
This touched off when a missile strike and helicopter gunship attack took out a Wagner base (perhaps an attempted killing of Pirghozin). Pirghozin publicly blamed Shoigu and started the coup
This appears to a be a coup, at least in part. This is like if Blackwater started attacking an army HQ over a dispute.
Pirghozin is more hardline than even Putin. The CIA is mostly clueless trannies at this point and couldn't organize a coup in a car dealership.
This was all obvious jockeying for power as I have posted about for months.
The CIA's code-breakers and computer crackers work just fine. They have been feeding Russian internal communications to those that will use it to do damage.
Even just supplying arms, intel and battle plans they have been plenty effective.
The issue isn't that the CIA is a bunch of buffoons; some are, but not all. The issue is that they are firmly in the Clintonite camp of the Democrat party. The CIA are political actors; they are no longer a tool of the state, but serve their own interests.
That's not the CIA who does "code cracking", that's the NSA and the two are more or less competitors. They don't necessarily get along.
The missile strike is perhaps possible to orchestrate. The helicopters less so. The years of political struggle between the two - definitely not.
Literally just pay the man. That works on everyone especially if they were already wanting to do the thing and needed a tiny bit more encouragement.
That is actually a Russian meme about Americans - that they are whores who will do anything for money. The Russians are not so and "honor" is a much bigger deal.
That the West does not understand this difference has been the major failing in politics.
Cyberpunk af
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okay, but why?
Different factions with Russia have been jockeying for position as it has been perceived Putin is weakening.
The main two are Pirghozin who leads the Wagner mercenaries and Shoigu who leads the official military. Of the two, Wagner has generally been way more effective and most gains in Ukraine are due to them. Pirghozin himself is known for being in the trenches with his men (think General Mattis).
This touched off when a missile strike and helicopter gunship attack took out a Wagner base (perhaps an attempted killing of Pirghozin). Pirghozin publicly blamed Shoigu and started the coup