maybe so, but not the subject of this post
Discussion
But contemplating hypotheticals using intelligence agency fictions serves to reinforce their lies in our minds, so I feel compelled to point it out when people do it
Yeah, I am not even commenting on the facts of the rescue but the dumb analysis of it. And in fact, this philosophy of justifying what you do for the greater good underlies the existence of intelligence agencies in the first place.
Agreed I would even argue intelligence agencies are a deliberate and total hijacking of that justification