Once again, I did not click on it to see what it was about, but I thought it was an interesting point. I think the site was Sky News Australia and the Clickbait title said something to the effect that a former CIA employee was explaining what happened in Syria. That’s not exact, but it gets the idea across.
We are so gullible. What makes us think that someone who once worked for the CIA would be an expert on what happened in Syria? It is possible that this person actually at one time was an expert. Is he still in touch with the intelligence coming in? What does it mean to be an expert? I’m not sure that expert is really a quality that is important today. Most experts that I run into or hear about have no clue what they’re talking about. What makes them an expert is they have a diploma or certificate, a job title, or a powerful friend who says they’re an expert. It has nothing to do with really knowing something.
So it is possible that this former CIA employee worked in and specialized in things that took place in Argentina. He is still a former CIA employee. He might still be an expert in his area of focus. That does not make him an expert in what happened in Syria? We can keep digging. We will keep listening. Whether we will ever be able to sort out the conflict in that Middle Eastern country is doubtful. We just need to make sure that we are on the side of angels and that we keep behaving in ways that will get God’s approval.
That is my expert opinion.
homo unius libri
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Opus 2024-425: Click bait: Another Expert Expounds
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