Oh yes, it’s been around since the latter days of the Vietnam War, I would say — where every decision was an attempt to put out a previous fire and put a happy face on an untenable situation.

Speaking of which, have you looked at the history of the CIA? It’s like a comedy of errors, where democracies were overthrown, dictators put in place, dictators turned into liabilities, invasion followed, and the cycle repeats itself elsewhere ad nauseum.