America's Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953

[Mika]

America's Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953

Soon after the 2004 U.S. coup to depose President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, I heard Aristide's lawyer Ira Kurzban speaking in Miami. He began his talk with a riddle: "Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.?" The answer: "Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C." This introduction was greeted with wild applause by a mostly Haitian-American audience who understood it only too well.

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[Cal33]

1. It might be more accurate to think that a coup has happened in Washington, although it was on a

smaller scale: How did the Republican Party change hands? How did the earlier Republican leadership
get kicked out? It might also be said that these same people are now trying to destroy the Democratic
Party, too. So, this coup is still ongoing. I wonder what America will be like in a few more years.

[burrowowl]

2. K&R!!!!!

[blkmusclmachine]

3. 1953 is also the year of the first Presidents Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC.