The American CIA: ‘Defender of Humanity’
Has the CIA gotten a bad rap – especially in the Arab world? According to this op-ed article from Iraq’s Kitabat newspaper, the agency has performed, ‘noble and honorable works that have always been on behalf of the entire world and for the good of civilization, security and stability. It annihilated the Nazis, the communists, the Taliban and Saddam Hussein …
“I am pleased to be the first Arab in the history of the Arabic press to write about the radiant, civilized face of CIA … The defeat of Nazism and the salvation of mankind were the first major achievements of this noble American intelligence agency.”
By Khadir Taahar
Translated By James Jacobson
December 19, 2007
Iraq – Kitabat – Original Article (Arabic)
The American Central Intelligence Agency differs from intelligence services in the Arab countries, because it defends the interests of the country and not the ruling regime. This is the radiant, humane and civilized face of the American intelligence agency. But the propaganda of the communists, nationalists and Islamists reject this achievement, which is difficult for the Arab mind to grasp, clogged as it is with demagogy, superstition and hostility toward Western civilization, in particular America. For these reasons, it’s difficult for those with such distorted thinking to see the real face of this American intelligence agency.
I am pleased to be the first Arab in the history of the Arabic press to write about the radiant, civilized face of CIA. I alone assume the moral and political responsibility for the contents of this article, which is intended to demonstrate the extent to which the CIA’s ideological opponents have distorted its record. I also intend to incite the reader to make a realistic, knowledgeable political analysis, far from the frenzy and demagogy of populist slogans and ideology.
Operating under a different name [the Office of Strategic Services ], the work of this agency began during a fierce war against the Nazi regime of Adolph Hitler. The defeat of Nazism and the salvation of mankind were the first major achievements of this noble American intelligence agency, which served humanity and saved millions of people from Hitler’s evil.
Then as the evils of communism emerged, posing a threat to freedom and civilization … the agency acquired its current name and began the noble battle against the danger of communist ideology and its repressive, dictatorial political system, which threw its people into prison, led them to the gallows and destroyed human dignity under the pretext of insane slogans which were far removed from life’s self-evident truths.
It was in the end a great victory for Western civilization, the West’s humanitarian philosophy, its scientific achievements and its social laws. These laws take human rights into account, according the individual the highest level of respect, justice, rights and social guarantees ever witnessed by humanity – and during the Cold War, the noble efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency played a major role in communism’s defeat.
Then came the era of the War on Terror, with the Agency playing a central role in crushing and toppling the regimes of the Taliban and Saddam, ridding these two nations [Afghanistan and Iraq] of such evils and granting them freedom.
The Agency continues to fight a fierce battle against the germs of terrorism carried by Islamic political parties backed by Iran and Syria.
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6 Responses to “The American CIA: ‘Defender of Humanity’”
Er, the OSS was dissolved in 1945 and was not just the CIA under a different name. The CIA was created in 1947, but as a much different agency that covered some of the same functions by absorbing some of the remnants of the OSS.
I know, I’m picky.
I’ll add to Tully’s pickyness with my own. The role of the CIA in the intelligence community fundamentally changed in 2004 and it’s influence has greatly diminished. I remain astonished that so few seem aware of this and continue to view the CIA as either the entire intelligence community or at least it’s biggest player. It is neither and in terms of budget and personnel is probably 4 or 5 on the list.
In theory, the CIA has been a noble knight. In reality it has been an abject failure with very few exceptions.
This is not an essay. It is a piece of propaganda and is astonishingly inaccurate throughout. The CIA’s record is what it is; nobody has needed to distort it. How ironic that the writer is an Iraqi and the CIA so completely blew pre-war intelligence.
Wow, what an independent assessment via the Iraqi “free press”. I am confident the author was also “pleased” when he took the untold thousands in US currency.
I’m sure the Iranians felt the CIA was acting in the interests of humanity when it helped topple a democratically elected government in 1953 and replaced it with the Shah.
Man, this is remarkably transparent disinformation.
So bad, it completely undermines the author’s thesis from the start.