Re:Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'
by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @07:00AM
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>> These days you're supposed to let sovereign democracies do their own thing even if they have smaller armies.
Yes, until they make the mistake of democratically electing someone you don't like, at which point you send in the secret services to instigate violent regime change.
There's an entire wikipedia article dedicated to the US doing that all over the place:
They sort of did that to my own country (Greece) where they supported a ridiculous military dictatorship (Junta), although I don't think they actively helped it to power. If you find my comments coloured by a certain antipathy towards US external policy, that may be one reason.
Yes, until they make the mistake of democratically electing someone you don't like, at which point you send in the secret services to instigate violent regime change.
There's an entire wikipedia article dedicated to the US doing that all over the place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
They sort of did that to my own country (Greece) where they supported a ridiculous military dictatorship (Junta), although I don't think they actively helped it to power. If you find my comments coloured by a certain antipathy towards US external policy, that may be one reason.