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the list goes on pretty far; the khmer rouge, Moise Tschombe, The greek junta, francesco franco and on and on..
by olelele 6mo ago
the list goes on pretty far; the khmer rouge, Moise Tschombe, The greek junta, francesco franco and on and on..
- cassianoleal 6mo agoBrazilian junta, Fulgencio Batista, Chiang Kai-shek, Syngman Rhee, ... https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_authoritarian_regimes_supported_by_the_United_States https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_authoritarian_regimes_s... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._policy_towards_authoritarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._policy_towards_authoritar...
- lr0 6mo agoHighly recommend: Killing Hope by William Blum, it dissects the history of the many authoritarian regimes the U.S. supported since WWII, coups the U.S. engineered, the revolutions it strangled in their infancy, governments it systematically destabilized, and the popular movements it crushed (often under the veneer of “stability” or “containment”). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Hope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Hope
- ekjhgkejhgk 6mo agoIf you're going to argue that the US support Chiang Kai-shek why not add in Stalin as well?
- cassianoleal 6mo agoI'm not sure the US has supported Stalin in the same way, but sure... does that make it less bad?