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2023-02-04 China-Japan-Koreas
Xi Jinping Sets Sights On Taiwan Invasion By 2027, CIA Director Says
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Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-04 01:49|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
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#1 Should come as a surprise to no one.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-04 01:51||   2023-02-04 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 And the CIA has been correct in their predictions when?

USSR, Iran, Iraq, etc.
Posted by AlanC 2023-02-04 09:51||   2023-02-04 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Regime change really is their bread and butter. Predictive analysis is boring.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-04 09:54||   2023-02-04 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, 2027, we've got lots of time. No worries, thanks XI, good to get the word from the crack wokester analysts at the Agency before we wasted time getting ready sooner!
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-04 11:32||   2023-02-04 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe by 2027 Iran will finally have a nuke, the same nuke we've been "expecting" in six months since the 1980s.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-04 11:35||   2023-02-04 11:35|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Predictive analysis can be wrong, which is bad for your career. If regime change fails, it is due to 'other factors', so the best move is to provide analysis that supports the regime change faction. Do you want to be right or do you want to be a team player?
Posted by SteveS 2023-02-04 11:42||   2023-02-04 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 "We make our own luck! Yeeaarrghh!"
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-02-04 11:59||   2023-02-04 11:59|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ "Team play" results in successful retirement. I thought everyone knew that.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-04 12:05||   2023-02-04 12:05|| Front Page Top

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