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Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger is the largest Air Force-led Construction project in recent history.
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Posted on 08/06/2023 7:54:38 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE

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To: USA-FRANCE

“By doing what? Abandoning our base.”

For a start.

“Giving it on a silver plate to Russia or the Chinese?”

Let them have it. Africa will chew them up and spit them out like they have every other colonial power that’s ever tried to civilize those savages.

“Trump would never approve such a thing if he was President.”

You don’t know that.

“Russia, but especially Communist China is colonizing Africa, it’s in full expansion mode.”

They’ll fail.

L


41 posted on 08/07/2023 5:21:46 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: CatHerd

“I get that you hate Russia and Russians, but you can’t blame your failures in Mali all on the Russians or Wagner:”

>>>>>>>>

Actually, I like the Russian people. In reality the vast majority of them are innocent.

But I clearly dislike the Kremlin Swamp and the deep-staters running Russia’s Government. They have been fomenting wars and coups all over the world for decades now. Every time it’s against American and Western interests - of course.
And when we push back on that, then WE are the ones accused of being the bad guys, while our enemies gets a pass! What a senseless irony.

I want the Russian Swamp to stop their warmongering against us. Wouldn’t it be great if we could get along with Russia?

But as long as they behave like violent gangsters, getting along with them is impossible.


42 posted on 08/07/2023 7:38:49 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

Macron expressed interest in meeting Putin and attending the next meeting of Brics.
He also said France should stop following the US in everything.

Macron refused to let NATO have an office in Japan.

Few months later, France was a disaster.

Your country is just a thumb sucking Biden worshipper.
Macron was put in his place.

Brics conference is coming up quick. At least 30 countries and much of Africa are sending leaders.
Why was Brics formed? What is a primary goal for them?


43 posted on 08/07/2023 8:10:49 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: USA-FRANCE

They have been fomenting wars and coups all over the world for decades now.

-———————+++-+-—+++—

That would be the US you just described.


44 posted on 08/07/2023 8:12:35 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

“Pull all US troops out of Africa and bring them home for our borders.”

That would be my view but with the Cabal in charge of DC the troops would be ordered to escort illegal aliens safely across the US border.

:-(


45 posted on 08/07/2023 8:14:00 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: USA-FRANCE

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

1846–1848 Annexation of Texas and invasion of California
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Main articles: Mexican–American War and Texas annexation
The United States annexed the Republic of Texas, at the time considered by Mexico to be a rebellious state of Mexico.[8] During the war with Mexico that ensued, the United States seized Alta California from Mexico.[9]

1865–1867: Mexico
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See also: Second French intervention in Mexico
While the American Civil War was taking place in the United States, France and other countries invaded Mexico to collect debts. France then installed Habsburg prince Maximilian I as the Emperor of Mexico. After the Civil war ended, the United States began supporting the Liberal forces of Benito Juárez (who had been the interim President of Mexico since 1858 under the liberal Constitution of 1857 and then elected as president in 1861 before the French invasion) against the forces of Maximilian. The United States began sending and dropping arms into Mexico and many Americans fought alongside Juarez. Eventually, Juarez and the Liberals took back power and executed Maximillian I.[10][11][12] The United States opposed Maximilian and had invoked the Monroe Doctrine. William Seward said afterwards “The Monroe Doctrine, which eight years ago was merely a theory, is now an irreversible fact.”[13]

1887–1912: U.S. expansionism and Roosevelt administration

1912–1941: Wilson administration, World War I and interwar period
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1910s
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1912–1933: Nicaragua
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See also: United States occupation of Nicaragua

The Taft administration sent troops into Nicaragua and occupied the country. When the Wilson administration came into power, they extended the stay and took complete financial and governmental control of the country, leaving a heavily armed legation. U.S. president Calvin Coolidge removed troops from the country, leaving a legation and Adolfo Diaz in charge of the country. Rebels ended up capturing the town with the legation and Diaz requested troops came back, which they did a few months after leaving. The U.S. government fought against rebels led by Augusto Cesar Sandino. Franklin D. Roosevelt pulled out because the U.S. could no longer afford to keep troops in the country due to the Great Depression. The second intervention in Nicaragua would become one of the longest wars in United States history. The United States left the Somoza family in charge, who killed Sandino in 1934.[27]

1915–1934: Haiti
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Main article: United States occupation of Haiti

The U.S. occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934. U.S.-based banks had lent money to Haiti and the banks requested U.S. government intervention. In an example of “gunboat diplomacy,” the U.S. sent its navy to intimidate to get its way.[28] Eventually, in 1917, the U.S. installed a new government and dictated the terms of a new Haitian constitution of 1917 that instituted changes that included an end to the prior ban on land ownership by non-Haitians. The Cacos were originally armed militias of formerly enslaved persons who rebelled and took control of mountainous areas following the Haitian Revolution in 1804. Such groups fought a guerrilla war against the U.S. occupation in what were known as the “Caco Wars.”[29]

1916–1924: Dominican Republic
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Main article: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)

U.S. marines invaded the Dominican Republic and occupied it from 1916 to 1924, and this was preceded by US military interventions in 1903, 1904, and 1914. The US Navy installed its personnel in all key positions in government and controlled the Dominican military and police.[30] Within a couple of days, President Juan Isidro Jimenes resigned.[31]

1917: Costa Rica
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Main article: 1917 Costa Rican coup d’état
Costa Rica was the only country in Latin America that never had a long lasting authoritarian government in the 20th century. Its only dictatorship during the period was after the 1917 Costa Rican coup d’état led by Minister of War Federico Tinoco Granados[32] against President Alfredo González Flores after González attempted to increase tax on the wealthy, and it lasted only two years. The US government led by Democratic President Woodrow Wilson did not recognize Tinoco’s rule and helped the opposition that quickly overthrew Tinoco after a few months of warfare.[32]

World War I
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Main article: United States in World War I
1917–1919: Germany
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After the release of the Zimmermann Telegram the United States joined the First World War on April 6, 1917, declaring war on the German Empire, a monarchy.[33] The Wilson Administration made abdication of the Kaiser and the creation of a German Republic a requirement of surrender. Woodrow Wilson had made U.S. policy to “Make the World Safe for Democracy”. Germany surrendered November 11, 1918.[34] Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on November 28, 1918.[35] While the United States did not ratify it, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 had much input from the United States. It mandated for Kaiser Wilhelm II to be removed from the government and tried, though the second part was never carried out.[36] Germany would then become the Weimar Republic, a liberal democracy. The United States signed the U.S.-German peace Treaty in 1921, solidifying the agreements made previously to the rest of the Entente with the U.S.[37]

1917–1920: Austria-Hungary
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On December 7, 1917, the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary, a monarchy, as part of World War I.[38] Austria-Hungary surrendered on November 3, 1918.[39] Austria became a republic and signed Treaty of Saint Germain in 1919 effectively dissolving Austria-Hungary.[40] The Treaty disallowed Austria to ever unite with Germany. Even though the United States had much effect on the treaty it did not ratify it and instead signed the U.S.-Austrian Peace Treaty in 1921, solidifying their new borders and government to the United States.[41] After brief civil strife, the Kingdom of Hungary became a monarchy without a monarch, instead governed by Miklós Horthy as Regent. Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, in 1920 with the Entente, without the United States.[42] They signed the U.S.-Hungarian Peace Treaty in 1921 solidifying their status and borders with the United States.[43]

1918–1920: Russia
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Main article: Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

In 1918 the U.S. military took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War to support White movement and overthrow the Bolsheviks.[44] President Wilson agreed to send 5,000 United States Army troops in the campaign. This force, which became known as the “American North Russia Expeditionary Force”[45] (a.k.a. the Polar Bear Expedition) launched the North Russia Campaign from Arkhangelsk, while another 8,000 soldiers, organised as the American Expeditionary Force Siberia,[46] launched the Siberia intervention from Vladivostok.[47] The forces were withdrawn in 1920.[48]

To be continued


46 posted on 08/07/2023 8:16:32 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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1941–1945: World War II and aftermath

1945–1991: Cold War

The Empire of Japan surrendered to the United States in August 1945, ending the Japanese rule of Korea. Under the leadership of Lyuh Woon-Hyung People’s Committees throughout Korea formed to coordinate transition to Korean independence. On August 28, 1945 these committees formed the temporary national government of Korea, naming it the People’s Republic of Korea (PRK) a couple of weeks later.[69][70] On September 8, 1945, the United States government landed forces in Korea and thereafter established the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGK) to govern Korea south of the 38th parallel north. The USAMGK outlawed the PRK government.[71][72]

In May 1948, Syngman Rhee, who had previously lived in the United States, won the 1948 South Korean presidential election, which had been boycotted by most other politicians and in which voting was limited to property owners and tax payers or, in smaller towns, to town elders voting for everyone else.[73][74] Syngman Rhee, backed by the U.S. government, set up authoritarian rule that coordinated closely with the business sector and lasted until Rhee’s overthrow in 1961, which led to a similarly authoritarian regime that would last ultimately until the late 1980s.[75]

1945–1949: China
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Main article: Operation Beleaguer
The U.S. government provided military, logistical and other aid to the National Revolutionary Army led by Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government in its civil war against the indigenous communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) led by Mao Zedong. Both the KMT and the PLA were fighting against Japanese occupation forces, until the Japanese surrender to the United States in August 1945. This surrender brought to an end the Japanese Puppet state of Manchukuo and the Japanese-dominated Wang Jingwei regime.[76]

After the Japanese surrender, the US continued to support the KMT against the PLA. The US airlifted many KMT troops from central China to Manchuria. Approximately 50,000 U.S. troops were sent to guard strategic sites in Hubei and Shandong. The U.S. trained and equipped KMT troops, and also transported Korean troops and even Imperial Japanese Army troops back to help KMT forces fight, and ultimately lose, against the People’s Liberation Army.[77] President Harry Truman justified deploying the very Japanese occupying army under whose boot the Chinese people had suffered so terribly to fight against the Chinese communists in this way: “It was perfectly clear to us that if we told the Japanese to lay down their arms immediately and march to the seaboard, the entire country would be taken over by the Communists. We therefore had to take the unusual step of using the enemy as a garrison until we could airlift Chinese National troops to South China and send Marines to guard the seaports.”[78] Within less than two years after the Second Sino-Japanese War, the KMT had received $4.43 billion from the United States—most of which was military aid.[77][79]

1947–1949: Greece
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Main article: Greek Civil War

Greece had been under Axis occupation since 1941. Its government-in-exile, unelected and loyal to King George II, was based in Cairo. By the Summer of 1944, communist guerrillas, then known as the Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS), who had been armed by the Western powers, exploiting the gradual collapse of the Axis, claimed to have liberated nearly all of Greece outside of Athens from Axis occupation, while also attacking and defeating rival non-Communist partisan groups, forming a rival unelected government, the Political Committee of National Liberation. On 12 August 1944, German forces retreated from the Athens area two days ahead of British landings there, ending the occupation.[80]

The British Armed Forces together with Greek forces under control of the Greek government (now a government of national unity led by Konstantinos Tsaldaris, elected in the 1946 Greek legislative election boycotted by the Communist Party of Greece) then fought for control of the country in the Greek Civil War against the communists, who at that time were self-proclaimed as the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). By early 1947, the British government could no longer afford the huge cost of financing the war against DSE, and pursuant to the October 1944 Percentages Agreement between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, Greece was to remain part of the Western sphere of influence. Accordingly, the British requested the US government to step in and the U.S. flooded the country with military equipment, military advisers and weapons.[81]: 553–554 [82]: 129 [83][84] With increased U.S. military aid, by September 1949 the government eventually won, fully restoring the Kingdom of Greece.[85]: 616–617

1948: Costa Rica
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Main article: Costa Rican Civil War
Christian socialist medic Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia of the National Republican Party reached power through democratic means in 1944, promoting a general social reform and allied to the Costa Rican Communist Party.[86] Tensions between government and the opposition, supported by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), caused the short-lived Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 that ended Calderón’s government and led to the short de facto rule of 18 months by José Figueres Ferrer.[86] However, Figueres also held some left-leaning ideas and continued the process of social reform.[32] After the war, democracy was quickly restored and a two-party system encompassed by the parties of the Calderonistas and Figueristas developed in the country for nearly 60 years.[32]

1949–1953: Albania
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See also: Albanian Subversion

Albania was in chaos after World War II and the country was not as focused on peacetime conferences in comparison to other European nations, while having suffered high casualties.[87] It was threatened by its larger neighbors with annexation. After Yugoslavia dropped out of the Eastern Bloc, the small country of Albania was geographically isolated from the rest of the Eastern Bloc.[citation needed] The United States and United Kingdom took advantage of the situation and recruited anti-communist Albanians who had fled after the USSR invaded. The US and UK formed the Free Albania National Committee, made up of many of the emigres. Recruited Albanians were trained by the U.S. and U.K. and infiltrated the country multiple times. Eventually, the operation was found out and many of the agents fled, were executed, or were tried. The operation would become a failure. The operation was declassified in 2006, due to the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act and is now available in the National Archives.[88][89]

1949: Syria
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Main article: March 1949 Syrian coup d’état
The government of Shukri al-Quwatli, reelected in 1948, was overthrown by a junta led by the Syrian Army chief of staff at the time, Husni al-Za’im, who became President of Syria on April 11, 1949. Za’im had extensive connections to CIA operatives,[90] although the exact nature of U.S. involvement in the coup remains highly controversial.[91][92][93] The construction of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, which had been held up in the Syrian parliament, was approved by Za’im, the new president, just over a month after the coup.[94]

1950s
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1950–1953: Burma and China
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See also: Kuomintang in Burma § CIA connection and opium trade
The Chinese Civil War had recently ended, with the communists winning and the nationalists losing. The nationalists retreated to areas such as Taiwan and north Burma.[95]

In Operation Paper, which began in late 1950[96] or early 1951 following Chinese involvement in the Korean War,[97]

Operation Paper entailed CIA plans used by CIA military advisors on the ground in Burma to assist Kuomintang incursions into Western China over several years, under the command of General Li Mi, with Kuomintang leadership hoping to eventually retake China, despite opposition from the US State Department.[98] However, each attempted invasion was repelled by the Chinese army. The Kuomintang took control of large swaths of Burma, while the government of Burma complained repeatedly of the military invasion to the United Nations.[99]

On secret flights from Thailand to Burma, CAT aircraft flown by pilots hired by the CIA brought American weapons and other supplies to the Kuomintang and on return flights the CAT aircraft transported opium from the Kuomintang to Chinese organized crime drug traffickers in Bangkok, Thailand.[99][100]

1952: Egypt
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Main articles: Egyptian revolution of 1952 and Project FF
In February 1952, following January’s riots in Cairo amid widespread nationalist discontent over the continued British occupation of the Suez Canal and Egypt’s defeat in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, CIA officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was dispatched by the State Department to meet with Farouk I of the Kingdom of Egypt. American policy at that time was to convince Farouk to introduce reforms that would weaken the appeal of Egyptian radicals and stabilize Farouk’s grip on power. The U.S. was notified in advance of the successful July coup led by nationalist and anti-communist Egyptian military officers (the “Free Officers”) that replaced the Egyptian monarchy with the Republic of Egypt under the leadership of Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. CIA officer Miles Copeland Jr. recounted in his memoirs that Roosevelt helped coordinate the coup during three prior meetings with the plotters (including Nasser, the future Egyptian president); this has not been confirmed by declassified documents but is partially supported by circumstantial evidence. Roosevelt and several of the Egyptians said to have been present in these meetings denied Copeland’s account; another U.S. official, William Lakeland, said its veracity is open to question. Hugh Wilford notes that “whether or not the CIA dealt directly with the Free Officers prior to their July 1952 coup, there was extensive secret American-Egyptian contact in the months after the revolution.”[101][102]

1952: Guatemala

Operation Fortune, was a covert United States operation to overthrow Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz in 1952. The operation was authorized by U.S. President Harry Truman and planned by the Central Intelligence Agency. The plan involved providing weapons to the exiled Guatemalan military officer Carlos Castillo Armas, who was to lead an invasion from Nicaragua.[103]

1952–1953: Iran
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Main article: 1953 Iranian coup d’état

Since 1944, Iran was a constitutional monarchy ruled by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. From the discovery of oil in Iran in the late nineteenth century major powers exploited the weakness of the Iranian government to obtain concessions that many believed failed to give Iran a fair share of the profits. During World War II, the UK, the USSR and the US all became involved in Iranian affairs, including the joint Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. Iranian officials began to notice that British taxes were increasing while royalties to Iran declined. By 1948, Britain received substantially more revenue from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) than Iran. Negotiations to meet this and other Iranian concerns exacerbated rather than eased tensions.[104]

On March 15, 1951 the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, passed legislation championed by reformist politician Mohammad Mosaddegh to nationalize the AIOC. The senate approved the measure two days later. Fifteen months later, Mosadegh was elected Prime Minister by the Majlis. International business concerns then boycotted oil from the nationalized Iranian oil industry. This contributed to concerns in Britain and the US that Mosadegh might be a communist. He was reportedly supported by the Communist Tudeh Party.[105]

The CIA began supporting 18 of their favorite candidates in the 1952 Iranian legislative election, which Mosaddegh suspended after urban deputies loyal to him were elected.[106] The new parliament gave Mosaddegh emergency powers which weakened the power of the Shah, and there was a constitutional struggle over the roles of the Shah and prime minister. Britain strongly backed the Shah, while the US officially remained neutral. However, America’s position shifted in late 1952 with the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as U.S. president. The CIA launched Operation Ajax, directed by Kermit Roosevelt Jr., with help from Norman Darbyshire, to remove Mosaddegh by persuading the Shah to replace him, using diplomacy and bribery. The 1953 Iranian coup d’état (known in Iran as the “28 Mordad coup”)[107] was orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom such as MI6 (under the name “Operation Boot”) and the United States (under the name “TPAJAX Project”).[108][109][110][111]

The coup saw the transition of Pahlavi from a constitutional monarch to an authoritarian, who relied heavily on United States government support. That support dissipated during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, as his own security forces refused to shoot into non-violent crowds.[112] The CIA did not admit its responsibility until the 60th anniversary of the coup in August 2013.[113]

1954: Guatemala
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Main article: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
See also: Guatemalan Civil War
In a 1954 CIA operation code named Operation PBSuccess, the U.S. government executed a coup that successfully overthrew the government of President Jacobo Árbenz, elected in 1950, and installed Carlos Castillo Armas, the first of a line of right-wing dictators, in its place.[114][115][116] Not only was it done for the ideological purpose of containment, but the CIA had been approached by the United Fruit Company as it saw possible loss in profits due to the situation of workers in the country, i.e. the introduction of anti-exploitation laws.[117] The perceived success of the operation made it a model for future CIA operations because the CIA lied to the president of the United States when briefing him regarding the number of casualties.[118]

1956–1957: Syria
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See also: CIA activities in Syria
In 1956 Operation Straggle was a failed coup plot against Nasserist civilian politician Sabri al-Asali. The CIA made plans for a coup for late October 1956 to topple the Syrian government. The plan entailed takeover by the Syrian military of key cities and border crossings.[119][120][121] The plan was postponed when Israel invaded Egypt in October 1956 and US planners thought their operation would be unsuccessful at a time when the Arab world is fighting “Israeli aggression.” The operation was uncovered and American plotters had to flee the country.[122]

In 1957 Operation Wappen was a second coup plan against Syria, orchestrated by the CIA’s Kermit Roosevelt. It called for assassination of key senior Syrian officials, staged military incidents on the Syrian border to be blamed on Syria and then to be used as pretext for invasion by Iraqi and Jordanian troops, an intense US propaganda campaign targeting the Syrian population, and “sabotage, national conspiracies and various strong-arm activities” to be blamed on Damascus.[123][124][121][125] This operation failed when Syrian military officers paid off with millions of dollars in bribes to carry out the coup revealed the plot to Syrian intelligence. The U.S. Department of State denied accusation of a coup attempt and along with US media accused Syria of being a “satellite” of the USSR.[124][126][127]

There was also a third plan in 1957, called “The Preferred Plan”. Alongside Britain’s MI6, the CIA planned to support and arm several uprisings. However, this plan was never carried out.[123]

1957–1959: Indonesia
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See also: Permesta and CIA activities in Indonesia

Starting in 1957, Eisenhower ordered the CIA to overthrow Sukarno. The CIA supported the failed Permesta Rebellion by rebel Indonesian military officers in February 1958. CIA pilots, such as Allen Lawrence Pope, piloted planes operated by CIA front organization Civil Air Transport (CAT) that bombed civilian and military targets in Indonesia. The CIA instructed CAT pilots to target commercial shipping in order to frighten foreign merchant ships away from Indonesian waters, thereby weakening the Indonesian economy and thus destabilizing the government of Indonesia. The CIA aerial bombardment resulted in the sinking of several commercial ships[128] and the bombing of a marketplace that killed many civilians.[129] Pope was shot down and captured on 18 May 1958, revealing U.S. involvement, which Eisenhower publicly denied at the time. The rebellion was ultimately defeated by 1961.[130][131]

1959: Iraq
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See also: CIA activities in Iraq
Iraq_in_its_region
Concerned about the influence of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Brigadier Abd al-Karim Qasim’s administration, President Eisenhower questioned that “it might be good policy to help [Gamal Abdel Nasser] take over in Iraq,” recommending that Nasser be provided with “money and support,” thus the U.S. “moved into increasingly close alignment with Egypt with regard to Qasim and Iraq.”[132] After Iraq withdrew from the anti-Soviet alliance—the Baghdad Pact—the United States National Security Council (NSC) proposed various contingencies for preventing a communist takeover of the country,[133] and “soon developed a detailed plan for assisting nationalist elements committed to the overthrow of Qasim.”[132] The U.S. also “approached Nasser to discuss ‘parallel measures’ that could be taken by the two countries against Iraq.”[134]

During a NSC meeting on September 24, two representatives from the State Department urged a cautious approach, while the other twelve representatives, namely from the CIA and the Department of Defense, “strong[ly] pitch[ed] for a more active policy toward Iraq.” One CIA representative noted that there is a “small stockpile [of weapons] in the area,” and that the CIA “could support elements in Jordan and the UAR to help Iraqis filter back to Iraq.”[134] That same day, the NSC would also prepare a study which called for “covert assistance to Egyptian efforts to topple Qasim,” and for “grooming political leadership for a successor government.”[132] Bryan R. Gibson writes that “there is no documentation that ties the United States directly to any of Nasser’s many covert attempts to overthrow the Qasim regime.”[135] However, Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt states that the U.S. issued its “tacit support for Egyptian efforts to bring [Qasim’s government] down,”[132] and Kenneth Osgood writes that “circumstantial evidence in declassified records suggests that ... [t]he United States was working with Nasser on some level, even if the precise nature of that collaboration is not known.”[134]


47 posted on 08/07/2023 8:20:03 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: USA-FRANCE

There is more at the link.

Lets see. Russia -

Afghanistan
Chechnya
Georgia,Abkhazia
Syria, but Assad wants Russia there

Ukraine.


48 posted on 08/07/2023 8:22:13 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: MarMema

“Your country is just a thumb sucking Biden worshipper.”

>>>>>>

And Russia is sucking China’s commie thumb right now. A very big thumb, not easy... But Kremlin’s incredible enthusiasm for such things makes it somehow possible.


49 posted on 08/07/2023 8:56:18 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: cgbg; MarMema; CatHerd

“Pull all US troops out of Africa and bring them home for our borders.”

>>>>>>>>>>

When Trump was in the White House, we had troops everywhere in way greater quantities! Even in Afghanistan and plenty in Syria - because Trump was fighting Islamist Extremism. Good.
That didn’t hinder Trump from handling our southern border perfectly! So, saying that we have trouble at our southern border because we have too many US troops in other nations is simply FALSE. It’s misinformation.

Trump reacted very badly when Biden decided to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan.

So maybe all of you who want US troops back home should vote for Biden instead. Right? After all, he is the one ACTIVELY bringing troops home (just like he did in Afghanistan).


50 posted on 08/07/2023 9:11:22 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

Biden pulled out of Afghanistan to go to war in Ukraine.

You really are odd. Biden has been an avid warmonger since his senate days. Everyone knows that.


51 posted on 08/07/2023 9:35:07 AM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: MarMema; All

“Biden pulled out of Afghanistan to go to war in Ukraine.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Jesus... you are really out of sync with reality.
Why are you systematically warmongering for the Kremlin Swamp? Think about caring for the Russian people instead?

The Kremlin Swamp have killed and/or severely wounded about 200.000 russians already, by sending them to illegally invade a sovereign nation with internationally recognized borders: Ukraine.

Secondly:
You are insinuating that Biden sent the US troops from Afghanistan to go to war in Ukraine? Where are those thousands of US troops in Ukraine then??

Right, there are no US combat troops in Ukraine!
Your fantasies are weird.

So... tell your Mother Russia to bring back THEIR OWN invading russian troops from Ukraine. They illegally invaded Ukraine with 300.000 troops! You do remember that right?

So WHO is waging war against WHO here? It’s Russia.

Warmongering Kremlin Swampists... Take your troops back to Moscow.


52 posted on 08/07/2023 9:51:51 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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"“Let Africa sink” you say... By doing what? Abandoning our base?"

You gotta be kidding? A 6000 foot runway.What are they flying? Cessna 182's, with the windows knocked out, so they can point and shoot their AK 47's at the rebels?

What was your thought when O'Biden "abandoned Bagram Air Force Base?


53 posted on 08/07/2023 11:43:57 AM PDT by guest7
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To: USA-FRANCE

Money, not troops.

Reply to my other posts.


54 posted on 08/07/2023 12:30:39 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: guest7

“What was your thought when O’Biden “abandoned Bagram Air Force Base?”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

My thought you say... well they were like Trump’s.
What an utter disaster. It unnecessary displayed weakness all over the planet. We should have kept the Bagram Air Force Base for ever! It was ours. Or... we could have sold it for a very high price. Preferably I would have kept the base.

China is constructing bases all over the planet, they are even building new military islands in international waters... they get away with it no one complains...

We on the other hand.. as China advances... we withdraw and GIVE our bases to our worst enemies. I’m surprised that some freepers support this defeatist hippie-hysteria.
Some freepers are also in direct opposition to Trump’s anti-russia policies.So to them I say : “vote for Biden”.

I posted here the other day a 40 point list of Trump’s powerful anti-russia policies.. all the points are instantly verifiable all over the internet by all concerned institutions and medias from left to right. But Some freepers were shocked that Trump actions were so anti-Russia... Which got me to believe that some here remain in a bubble, they imagine Trump according to their own imagination. But they never looked closely what he actually did...

What I like about Trump is not what he says... but what he DOES! What he DOES matches exactly my philosophy and political views.


55 posted on 08/07/2023 2:40:23 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: MarMema

“Reply to my other posts.”

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You mean your posts 46 and 47 about America activities abroad?

It can’t be compared in ANY WAY to the Soviet-Union Russia mass-killings, deportations, Gulags, invasions and absolute land grabs they have been doing all over the world.
America’s actions abroad were intended to prevent all those Soviet/Russian anti-Western deeds. America has also “acted” to limit Islamic expansionism. Bush did some, but Trump did more! Trump’s actions abroad severely injured the Islamic State, and Russia’s Wagner (hit hard by America in Syria).

The vietnam war was logic. The goal was to limit Communist expansion.

The Afghanistan war was logic. The Talbans refused to hand over Bin Laden to America, and were protecting him after 911.

The Iraq war in 1991 was logic. Saddam Hussein had illegally invaded Kuwait. Kuwait was liberated.

The peace deal was never signed though. And 10 years later the Iraq war resurrected again, based on Saddam’s unwillingness to let WMD inspectors check suspected wmd depots. Inspectors were allowed in after 7 days or so usually..., the time to empty the areas. At the end of that “2nd” Iraq war only 5000 WMD’s were finally found. So I agree that, that “2nd Iraq war” could have been avoided.

All the actions done by America to limit the expansion of Communism and Islamism were done to protect american citizens in the long run.

Concerning Ukraine we have signed The Budapest Memorandum in 1994 and a major charter agreement of collaboration in 2008.
So helping Ukraine to defend itself against invaders is in accordance to our signatures and partnerships. Ukraine is officially an ally.


56 posted on 08/07/2023 3:24:06 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE

You are certifiable. Goodbye.


57 posted on 08/07/2023 3:36:59 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: MarMema

“You are certifiable. Goodbye”

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“Certifiable” means: “officially recognized as needing treatment for a mental condition.”

That is typical Soviet-talk. During the Stalin years anyone in Russia daring to contradict dear leader, or the communist ideology became “certifiable” and sent to a mental hospital.
So I see your fellow Kremlin-Swamp colleagues are teaching all the good Soviet tricks. Anyone who disagrees with the apparatchiks will be sent to forced mental hospitalisation.

You seem to idolize the Soviet Union to a degree that frankly goes beyond imagination...

I recommend that you stay in Russia.


58 posted on 08/07/2023 7:32:22 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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To: MarMema

Syria has very little oil.
But, it did have a nuclear program with North Korean staffers.


59 posted on 04/28/2024 1:32:37 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: MarMema

Russia’s Putin is trying to rebuild the Russian empire. Russia actually had an empire, unlike the US, and they have definite territorial ambitions, unlike the US.
China had the same hard-on for Tibet, which they absorbed against the will of Tibetans, but aren’t as into empire building as are the Russians. Their technique of demographic warfare is very similar.


60 posted on 04/28/2024 1:37:14 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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