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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn the 80's, Republicans used the CIA to promote corporate interests and Destabilize popular
movements in Central and South America.
Is anyone, who has paid attention to recent (last 60 years) American History, surprised that the lessons learned in Central and South America are now being used against our Democracy?
Are we still teaching this subject in High School? Or is that going to become the next CRT?
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)private interests. Each corporation embodies someone's agenda. The ability to pursue that in secret is just too tempting.
Chainfire
(17,587 posts)canuckledragger
(1,658 posts)A general, Smedley Butler, wrote a book called 'War is a Racket ' describing what he did in spots like central amercia, basically invading them and making it safe for US corporations to come in and exploit the piss out of the place for profit. All profits going to the US of course.
OAITW r.2.0
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The rise and fall, there-of. I knew his grandson - growing up in my neighborhood. Dad was Marine, like Gramps. Nutting became head of Southern Command - 4 Stars - then dishonor. Gonna have to read up more about his career.
On edit, it was my friend's Dad that was the 4 Star. I saw him when he was at LtC rank?
Samrob
(4,298 posts)drug cartels, drug trafficking in the US, etc. Wonder if any of those broadcasts are available in some archive. Would be interesting t hear them now.
many a good man
(5,997 posts)iemanja
(53,041 posts)by administrations across the political spectrum. https://yachana.org/teaching/resources/interventions.html
OAITW r.2.0
(24,556 posts)iemanja
(53,041 posts)Suddenly that doesn't matter?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,556 posts)Or kill them. Fox is the front end of quasi-governmental propaganda here. Supporting a 2x impeached, 2x popular vote Loser. Hoping to overthrown Democracy. Treason, pure and simple.
iemanja
(53,041 posts)The Central American interventions of the 1980s were entirely consistent with US policy dating back to the late 19th century. They have more in common with 1954 Guatemala and the overthrow of Mosaddegh in Iran around the same time, or Chile in 1973. The US has never much liked democratic governments in the Global South because they got in the way of US economic and geopolitical interests. You've cherry picked a period of history and ignored the rest to make a very strained point. It's not like it's necessary to engage in ahistorical analysis to point to Republican anti-democratic sentiment. We know the Republicans are waging a war on democracy, and they didn't need to get the idea from Nicaragua. Today they are looking to Hungary for inspiration.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,556 posts)US military was happy to follow CIA/Republican/MIC business objectives.
Not in US interests, but world oil dependency has been a thing forever. So why is Musk being a Republican when it is the the Democrats who support an EV future?