Why can't the CIA be successful in the Middle East like they were in Central America under Reagen?

Question

Don't forget the CIA failed in Miami under Kennedy--I think this is a valid question that can't be answered by cultural differences

Answer 1

The Arabs are good and deeply loyal to their principles of fanaticism. It is very hard to crack into the people and their belief.

Answer 2

In this context gathering intelligence is basically done in one of two ways. High tech intelligence: the use of spy satellites, spy planes, numerous listening devices. The U.S. has always excelled at high tech spying. The second type of intelligence gathering is human. Human Intelligence is the actual human spy in the field. Historically, the U.S. has had wildly varying results with human Intel. In Central America human intel was much easier to come across. The U.S. is very familiar with the region and has many thousands of Spanish interpreters. In addition, there have been many people in that region willing to spy for the United States. The Middle East is a very different case. The U.S. has relatively few Arabic and Farsi interpreters, few people in the region are willing to spy for the United States, and the U.S. does not have a long history of dealing with that region.

Answer 3

ideologies are different. One principle reason why the US is not succeeding in the middle east is that we dont understand and refuse to understand the Islamic culture permeating every fabric of society. Central America is fundamentally different is worldviews and religious convictions.

Answer 4

Because "Ronnie" carried a big stick, life was great then, we all had money and jobs thanks to "RONNIE", I miss him so much :( That BOOB Clinton rode on the shirt tails of Reaganomics, then he dropped the ball, how come everyone says the economy was great under the hill billy clinton administration, when corporate lay-offs came back under their pathetic leadership ???? Yet nobody remembers that, REMEMBER THAT when "Hillary" runs.

Answer 5

They were at loss with ghostly kitchen's dialect from the graveyards in planet of apes.
At loss in playing "Ghost! catch me if you can"

Answer 6

there are a lot things in government that go on behind closed doors that we don't know about