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In reply to the discussion: Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The liberal delusions that provoked putin [View all]nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)8. keeping in mind what the US has done
Covert United States foreign regime change actions
The United States has been involved in and assisted in the overthrow of foreign governments (more recently termed "regime change"
without the overt use of U.S. military force. Often, such operations are tasked to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Regime change has been attempted through direct involvement of U.S. operatives, the funding and training of insurgency groups within these countries, anti-regime propaganda campaigns, coups d'état, and other activities usually conducted as operations by the CIA. These actions were sometimes accompanied by direct military action, such as following the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and the U.S.-led military invasion of Iraq in 2003.
1 Prior to Cold War
1.1 Russia
2 During the Cold War
2.1 Soviet Russia
2.2 Syria 1949
2.3 Iran 1953
2.4 Guatemala 1954
2.5 Tibet 195570s
2.6 Indonesia 1958
2.7 Cuba 1959
2.8 Iraq 196063
2.9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 196065
2.10 Dominican Republic 1961
2.11 South Vietnam 1963
2.12 Brazil 1964
2.13 Ghana 1966
2.14 Chile 197073
2.15 Argentina 1976
2.16 Afghanistan 197989
2.17 Turkey 1980
2.18 Poland 198089
2.19 Nicaragua 198190
2.19.1 Destablization through CIA assets
2.19.2 Arming the Contras
3 Since the end of the Cold War
3.1 Iraq 199296
3.2 Venezuela 2002
3.3 Iraq 200203
3.4 Iran 2005present
3.5 Somalia 200607
3.6 Syria 2012present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions
Now that's "American Exceptionalism" at its finest. For most Americans, it's either complete denial or deliberate ignorance. Especially after the last 20 years, people should worry about their own glass houses.
Stay Tuned for when Putin air drops "Trainers" into Canada or Mexico.
The United States has been involved in and assisted in the overthrow of foreign governments (more recently termed "regime change"

Regime change has been attempted through direct involvement of U.S. operatives, the funding and training of insurgency groups within these countries, anti-regime propaganda campaigns, coups d'état, and other activities usually conducted as operations by the CIA. These actions were sometimes accompanied by direct military action, such as following the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and the U.S.-led military invasion of Iraq in 2003.
1 Prior to Cold War
1.1 Russia
2 During the Cold War
2.1 Soviet Russia
2.2 Syria 1949
2.3 Iran 1953
2.4 Guatemala 1954
2.5 Tibet 195570s
2.6 Indonesia 1958
2.7 Cuba 1959
2.8 Iraq 196063
2.9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 196065
2.10 Dominican Republic 1961
2.11 South Vietnam 1963
2.12 Brazil 1964
2.13 Ghana 1966
2.14 Chile 197073
2.15 Argentina 1976
2.16 Afghanistan 197989
2.17 Turkey 1980
2.18 Poland 198089
2.19 Nicaragua 198190
2.19.1 Destablization through CIA assets
2.19.2 Arming the Contras
3 Since the end of the Cold War
3.1 Iraq 199296
3.2 Venezuela 2002
3.3 Iraq 200203
3.4 Iran 2005present
3.5 Somalia 200607
3.6 Syria 2012present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions
Now that's "American Exceptionalism" at its finest. For most Americans, it's either complete denial or deliberate ignorance. Especially after the last 20 years, people should worry about their own glass houses.
Stay Tuned for when Putin air drops "Trainers" into Canada or Mexico.
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Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The liberal delusions that provoked putin [View all]
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
OP
This is Geopolitics 101: great powers are always sensitive to potential threats near their home
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#2
You cannot ignore the role played in the coup in kiev, by the Neocon factions who were there
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#59
Well, you couldn't ignore it if you could actually show what happened was a "coup."
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2015
#66
Alexander Dugan is a Russian extremist and is not embraced by Putin's administration
newthinking
Feb 2015
#5
you're saying that russia has cut off the uk from europe? how did it accomplish that?
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#9
a british right wing political party cut the uk off from europe? i thought russia did.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#14
A highly qualified admiration, one which doesn't in any way suggest what josh cryer suggested.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#28
Like cuba successfully chose to ally with russia during the cuban missle crisis. yeah, i get it.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#43
And then later broke their alliance when they found out the USSR sold them out.
NuclearDem
Feb 2015
#44
while getting a guarantee they wouldn't be invaded. kinda proves my point, doesn't it?
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#47
Simply saying the same thing over and over again illustrates your position as irrational.
LanternWaste
Feb 2015
#61
Yeah, because Solidarity and the Baltic protests had absolutely nothing to do
NuclearDem
Feb 2015
#75
The IMF/World Bank crowd needed another victim. And they got it, with a coup.
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#50
Damn that FDR! If he had not created the IMF/World Bank/UN/ITO, the world would be free of
pampango
Feb 2015
#54
NO, DAMN those who decided to USE FDR's policies for their own interests. He would
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#58
Not too may leaders are ousted by "coups" when they control the military and security forces and
pampango
Feb 2015
#60
Excuse me? Your comment in no way relates to this discussion. The US WAS in Kiev
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#62
McCain was not there alone. Do you know eg, who paid for these neocons to travel to
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#68
What word would that be? I'm an adult, don't waste time on pre-pubescent methods of
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#73