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Re:Coups, lies, dirty tricks: Stewart Copeland on his CIA ag... by 082349872349872 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:46AM (#24070792)
As to specific US interventions, post-CIA foundation, looking at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Covert_United_States_...

Indonesia has turned out the best of the bunch?

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Re:Coups, lies, dirty tricks: Stewart Copeland on his CIA ag... by ianleeclark on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:02AM (#24070949)
> Indonesia has turned out the best of the bunch?

I've got a hunch the up to 1 million dead might say differently.

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Re:Coups, lies, dirty tricks: Stewart Copeland on his CIA ag... by somesortofsystm on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:21AM (#24071105)
Sssh! We are not supposed to count the dead when it comes to evaluating the Wests' effectiveness in meddling in the affairs of other countries.
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Re:Coups, lies, dirty tricks: Stewart Copeland on his CIA ag... by jessaustin on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:24PM (#24084964)
That link underplays the carnage by listing Indonesia as "57-58". Also it doesn't list Gough Whitlam, El Salvador, the many coup attempts against Chávez, Libya, Bolivia, etc. I'm sure I'm forgetting some atrocities as well. It's difficult to compile a truly complete list!
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