it spent decades trying to bring down fidel castro, to kill fidel castro, so naturally his regime never felt. he lived into his 90s. meanwhile, the cia spent decades propping up the show of iran, so naturally he tumbled from power. they didn t even provide a h p warning before that happened because they had no idea what was going to happen. when the iron curtain finally fell in 1989, the cia was completely blindsided. they thought they had just predicted the soviet union was as strong as ever. and things didn t get better after that. the cia had no idea that saddam hussein planned to invade kuwait the next year in 1990. they were totally surprised by india s atomic bomb test eight yearssu later. by 2003 there were totally confident that iraq had weapons of massal destruction. in fact, their biggest success in the past 50 years may have been creating the taliban. if john brennan had been working for a nonprofit business there would have been a shareholder revolt a long time ago and prob
down fidel castro to kill fidel castro, so naturally has a resume ever felt. he lived into his 90s. the cia spent decades propping up the shell of iran so naturally he tumbled from power. they did provide a warning before because he had no idea. when the iron curtain finally fell in 1989 the ci was completely blindsided by it, they thought they predicted in fact the soviet union wasn t strong as ever. things didn t get better after that. the cia had no idea that saddam hussein planned to evade the way the next year, they were surprised by india s atomic bomb test eight years later. but 2003 they were totally confident that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. in fact, to biggest success might ve been crating the taliban. if john brennan had been working for a nonprofit business there would have been a shareholder revolt a long time ago and probably criminal charges. he would have been john delorean. because it s a secretive government agency, the ca has
care of each other. this isn t about a hand out. it s basically about a hand forward. and you basically provide the capital and environment and the community decides whether they re going to fund it and appropriate it or not? yes. we provide the cafe, the operating skill and people, but ultimately it can only work if enough are willing to sustain it. i love this story if for no other story a triumph of human nature and that is the most wonderful part of it. congratulations to you, ron, for continuing to try to push the way we relate and the way we relate to business and nonprofit business as well. right. most people are fundamentally good. thank you, exactly. cord, i m sure you re fundamentally good, you wouldn t you weren t. could be a great cover. anyway, we ll take a break. coming up on hardball, bachmann in, chris matthews taking a look. that s after this.