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The US wants friendly governments, and if that’s not possible, unstable ones. There is a plethora of examples mostly in Central and South America, and the Middl
by manuelabeledo 5y ago
The US wants friendly governments, and if that’s not possible, unstable ones. There is a plethora of examples mostly in Central and South America, and the Middle East.
But the US is not the only one doing this. It’s been common practice for imperialist powers for centuries.
- mlindner 5y agoDon't take examples from the cold war era fight against communism as examples that indicate how the US government currently behaves. Also, the US isn't imperialist.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago> Don't take examples from the cold war era fight against communism as examples that indicate how the US government currently behaves. I don’t need to. There is a literal Wikipedia page summarising most of them [1]. > Also, the US isn't imperialist. This is historically inaccurate, but if so, then countries like Russia aren’t either. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
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