What did Harry Truman said about the CIA, and how it compares to what ppl say about GWB administration now?

Question

The Iran coup was the first time the C.I.A. ever overthrew a government. And Harry Truman never wanted the C.I.A. to go in that direction. I even found a phrase in one of his diaries. He used the phrase, 'American Gestapo', to describe what he was afraid the C.I.A. might become if it were allowed to run loose. So, he never used the it to overthrow governments. But the new administration that came in in January of 1955, seized onto this tool and that led us to our adventures in everyplace from Indonesia to Chile to Cuba, to Vietnam, to the Congo, and, I think, grabbed your government, set it off on a certain direction from which it still is recovering.

Steven Kinzer

Answer 1

in fact the Presiding President at that time him self realized the hard way this fact ,and hence Eisenhower's final presidental adress was on the dangers of the millitary ,industral complex.

hmmm...

Answer 2

It could be argued that the collective direction of American foreign policy since World War 2, sometimes colloquially dubbed " Pax Americana ", has sown the seeds of the discontent the world over that our generations (those born in 1970 and later) are now feeling the repercussions of, embodied in the 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon kamikazees...

Answer 3

The comparison of the cia and hitlers gestapo is quite accurate and chilling. the fact that it took an outside force to overthrow hitler is also very depressing as it appears that the only thing opposed to the new empire are the forces of islam, which lack popular support outside of only the strangest circles.

Answer 4

You are correct, sir. 100%. I wish this information was more widely available.

On the one hand, they were trying to secure American prosperity following WW2, but the ends do not justify the means, truly. All of this anti-Americanism really stems from the actions of the US attempting to control the world in that time period.

Answer 5

If going into Iran is American Gestapo.... OK.

I think a dangerous self declare ENEMY should be taken out before he can seriously damage us later.

Pacifism makes big time wars. Ask Nevvy...oops, he's not around. Sorry.