Reply #78: The CIA is an instrument of the foreign policy apparatus of a Super Power

[Douglas Carpenter]

It is no more or less honorable or dishonorable than the U.S. military.

If one does not believe that there should be super powers and having super powers is immoral - or that America should not be a super power - then the CIA is dishonorable.

If one believes that super powers are necessary or at least America as the world's dominant super power is a lesser evil than the alternative, then one would have to logically conclude that the CIA or an equivalent of the CIA is necessary.

What is not an alternative is America as a super power without the CIA or an equivalent of the CIA. Just as America cannot be the dominant super power without its military apparatus.

Serving in the CIA is no more or less honorable or dishonorable than serving in the U.S. military, the diplomatic service or any other apparatus of American hegemony.