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What about coups such as the US overthrow of Iran in 1953? [1][2] Both seemed to be democracies at the time. A coup is not a war, but it isn't peace either. Is
by gshubert17 11y ago
What about coups such as the US overthrow of Iran in 1953? [1][2]
Both seemed to be democracies at the time. A coup is not a war, but it isn't peace either. Is it the lack of a big shooting war? Or the power imbalance between the overthrower and the overthrowee?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_re...
- ethbro 11y agoThe caveat would probably be that democracies only avoid wars which require democratic decisions to set in motion. I would say that most covert US meddling in foreign governments was covert for exactly that reason. .. probably some of the anti-Communist actions were the closest thing to democratically-approved intervention. And a lot of that was still covert.