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The US supported the dictators Chiang Kai-Shek and Chiang Ching-Kuo when they were oppressing the people of Taiwan. US also supported dictators in South Korea
by NonEUCitizen 4y ago
The US supported the dictators Chiang Kai-Shek and Chiang Ching-Kuo when they were oppressing the people of Taiwan.
US also supported dictators in South Korea and the Philippines, as well as in Latin America.
- postingawayonhn 4y agoFrom the end of WW2 to the end of the Cold War the US foreign policy was primarily focused on stopping communism. In some cases they supported dictatorial governments because the alternative at the time (at least in their eyes) would have been worse.
- yogthos 4y agoYeah, weird how US always sided with the brutal dictators while USSR sided with the masses of the people in the countries. It's just so hard to say which was on the right side of history.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoSo? Are you claiming that means the US can't help the Taiwanese in their goal of self determination?