1970 – Cambodia: U.S.-backed coup against Sihanouk → Khmer Rouge rise. 1973 – Chile: CIA coup ousts Allende, installs Pinochet. 1975 – East Timor: U.S. greenlights Indonesian invasion. 1976 – Argentina: U.S. backs military junta during “Dirty War.”
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1970s–80s – Angola: U.S. arms anti-MPLA rebels in civil war. 1970s–80s – South Africa: U.S. covertly props up apartheid regime. 1980s – El Salvador: U.S. funds right-wing regime, death squads. 1980s – Honduras: U.S. turns into Contra base. 1980s – Nicaragua: U.S. arms Contras against Sandinistas
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1980s – Afghanistan: U.S. arms Mujahideen, destabilizes region. 1980s – Pakistan: Supports Zia dictatorship. 1983 – Grenada: U.S. invasion ousts leftist gov’t. 1986 – Libya: U.S. bombs Tripoli & Benghazi. 1989–1990 – Panama: U.S. invasion ousts Noriega.
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1991 – Iraq: Gulf War, leaves Saddam in power but wrecks country. 1993 – Somalia: U.S. intervention → “Black Hawk Down.” 1990s – Balkans: U.S./NATO interventions in Bosnia & Kosovo. 2001 – Afghanistan: Invasion, 20-year occupation. 2003 – Iraq: Invasion topples Saddam, leads to chaos.
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2000s – Pakistan: Drone wars, destabilization. 2011 – Libya: U.S./NATO airstrikes topple Qaddafi → failed state. 2011–present – Syria: U.S. supports rebels, war prolonged. 2015–present – Yemen: U.S. supports Saudi-led war. 2009 – Honduras: U.S. backs coup against elected Zelaya.
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2002 – Venezuela: U.S. tacit support of coup attempt against Chávez. The US has meddled (ruined in my opinion) over 50 countries by depriving them of their sovereignty and democratic freedoms.
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How can we except the US to not eventually turn inward with those same destructive policies they have forced onto the world for almost 200 years? Trump is merely a symptom of a much larger, systemic disease. The US must stomp this out at its very core - what that looks like, I am not sure.
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