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> kill thousands Small nitpick: It would be more accurate to count these victims in figures of hundreds of thousands, or perhaps even millions. The Indonesian
by _t9ow 2y ago
> kill thousands
Small nitpick: It would be more accurate to count these victims in figures of hundreds of thousands, or perhaps even millions. The Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966 alone, conducted under the imprimatur of the CIA, resulted in the deaths of 500,000-1,000,000 people, and perhaps even more. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_19...
- kragen 2y agoYes, but here in America, where piva00 and I are, only tens of thousands of people were killed by US-backed dictatorships, not hundreds of thousands or millions.
- _t9ow 2y ago> here in America I think you missed a word. I assume you meant South America?
- defrost 2y agoProbably North, South and Central. Nicaragua is one of 23 independent North American countries. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Nicaragua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Ni... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Nicaragua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Nicaragua The USofA has meddled in most American countries.
- _t9ow 2y ago> The USofA has meddled in most American countries. Yup, I'm aware -- not just Nicaragua, but also Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile, Bolivia, etc. I was merely curious about where u/kragen lives.
- kragen 2y agoI was talking about America as a whole, not just South America.