And I don't think '"the shawshank redemption" is gonna save us.
Every now and then I find and article so concise and to the point, it puts my rambling to shame. What Author Stephen Lendman wrote in this Covert and BLACK Operations under the DIRECT CONTROL of the U.S. AND its behind the scenes "manipulators." will remove ANY LAST DOUBTS!
I know what some of you are thinking, hey its always been that way for centuries....yeah your probably right..but THE UNITED STATES was supposed to be something different, something new something that thwarts the following list of bad,nasty,dirty, even CRIMINAL Behavior...all done by OUR PEOPLE.
And when we get to anarchy and the shooting war for food starts, DON'T WINE CRY BITCH AND MOAN, cos YOU WERE WARNED....yet your APATHY put you inside that basement with guns and ammo, shivering in the cold, clutching your babies, praying the next hoard attack group isn't the one that even your AK AR .308 30.06 .338 won't stop. HUNGRY people get very desperate VERY FAST!
From Author Stephen J. Lendman of Chicago
America - Cesspool Of Terror
By Stephen Lendman
12-22-14
This in the name of fighting a supposed moral crusade against what cold warriors convinced themselves, and the American people, was the existence of an evil International Communist Conspiracy, which in fact never existed, evil or not."
Post-WW II, intervened against dozens of nations. Lawlessly. Advancing its imperial agenda.
In China's 1945-49 civil war. Against communist forces aligned with America against imperial Japan.
In 1947-48, "(u)sed every trick in the book" to prevent communists from gaining power "legally and fairly," said Blum.
In 1947-49, backed Greek fascists against leftists. A reign of terror followed their ascension to power.
In 1945 -53, defeated Filipino leftist Huks. Installed fascist puppets as presidents. Notably Ferdinand Marcos. Replacing him when he fell out of favor.
In 1945-53, suppressed popular South Korean progressive forces. Backed conservative imperial Japanese collaborators. Longstanding corrupt, reactionary, brutal rule followed.
In 1949-53, Washington and Britain unsuccessfully tried toppling Albanian communists. Wanted fascists replacing them.
In the 1950s, CIA operatives conducted wide-ranging "sabotage, terrorism, dirty tricks, an psychological warfare against East Germany," said Blum.
In 1953, Washington ousted Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. The CIA's first coup.
In 1954, Washington toppled Guatemala's Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. In 1952, Truman authorized CIA action. Eisenhower followed through.
Paramilitary subversion and psychological warfare followed. Forcing him out. Carlos Castillo Armas replaced him.
Death squad justice followed. So did decades of genocide. Against indigenous Guatemalans.
Eisenhower doctrine said America "is prepared to use armed forces to assist " any Middle East country "requesting assistance against armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism."
Meaning America alone usurped right to regional oil. In 1956-58, twice attempted to oust Syria's government.
Landed 14,000 troops in Lebanon. Conspired to topple Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. Targeted Indonesia's Sukarno for replacement.
CIA operatives "began throwing money into the elections, plotted Sukarno's assassination, tried to blackmail him with a phony sex film, and joined forces with dissident military officers to wage a full-scale war against the government," said Blum.
"Sukarno survived it all." Until later ousted. More on this below.
In 1953-64, British Guyana was targeted. To oust leftist Cheddi Jagan. Democratically elected three times.
Representing the threat of a good example. A successful alternative to predatory capitalism. Forced out in 1964.
US Vietnamese policy is one of its most sordid. Beginning under Truman. Continuing under Eisenhower.
No matter that Ho Chi Minh modeled his declaration of independence after America's. A generation of war followed. Millions of corpses attested to US brutality.
Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk refused to be a US client. Years of US hostility towards his government followed. Including Nixon/Kissinger's secret 1969/70 "carpet bombings."
Ousting Sihanouk in 1970. Facilitating Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's rise to power. According to Blum:
"(F)ive years of American bombing had caused Cambodia's traditional economy to vanish. The old Cambodia had been destroyed forever."
Washington supported Pol Pot. Militarily and diplomatically. Despite his reign of terror.
"In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba became Congo's first prime minister after independence from Belgium," Blum explained.
In 1961 assassinated. On orders from Eisenhower. Followed by "years of civil conflict and chaos and the rise to power of Mobutu Sese Seko."
Retained it for 30 years. At the expense of his people. Deeply impoverished. "Mobutu became a multibillionaire," said Blum.
Washington opposed Brazilian President Joao Goulart's policies. Toppled him in 1964. By military coup. With "covert American involvement," said Blum. Ruthless dictatorship followed.
In February 1963, Juan Bosch became the Dominican Republic's first democratically elected president.
Months later ousted by military coup. Supported by Washington. Nineteen months later revolt tried reinstating him. US forces crushed it.
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro's guerrilla fores ousted US-backed fascist Fulgencio Batista.
Remained president until his February 2008 retirement. Transformed Cuba from a repressive brothel to a populist state. Defying US imperialism successfully. An exception proving the rule.
In 1965, US-backed General Suharto ousted Sukarno by military coup. A campaign The New York Times called "one of the most savage mass slaying of modern political history." Killing hundreds of thousands.
In 1967, US-supported military putschists replaced Greece's democratically elected government.
The usual aftermath followed. State terror. Including martial law. Censorship. Mass arrests.
Targeted killings. Torture and other abuses. Affecting thousands of victims in the regime's first month alone. A seven-year Greek nightmare followed.
On September 11, 1973, US-backed General Augusto Pinochet ousted democratically elected Salvador Allende.
"Caravan of Death" reign of terror followed. Including mass arrests. Disappearances. Torture. Mass murder. Targeting anyone suspected of regime opposition.
In 1975, Henry Kissinger orchestrated East Timor's invasion. Suharto massacred hundreds of thousands.
From 1978- 89, Washington waged dirty war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government. Using Contra death squads. "Freedom fighters," according to Reagan.
In 1983, America ousted Grenada's Maurice Bishop government. To prevent "another Cuba." Followed by fascist governance.
Blum saying is "US-trained police force and counter-insurgency forces acquired a reputation for brutality, arbitrary arrest, and abuse of authority…"
In 1986, Washington bombed Libya. Targeting Gaddafi. Killing dozens. Wounding many more. Including Gaddafi's two young sons. His infant daughter perished. He survived.
Panama's Manuel Noreiga wasn't convenient US stooge enough. He forgot who's boss. Imprisonment in America, France and Panama followed.
At the cost of thousands of Panamanian lives. Many others wounded. Around 15,000 left homeless.
America's 1980-92 war on Salvadoran freedom took around 75,000 lives.
US supported Balkan wars raged throughout the 1990s. Balkanizing the former Yugoslavia. Seven countries replaced one.
Culminating with US-led NATO raping Yugoslavia in 1999. For 78 days. Using 600 warplanes. Flying 3,000 sorties.
Using thousands of tons of ordnance. Unprecedented up to that time. Inflicting mass slaughter and destruction. Naked aggression. Dirty war. Civilians suffered most.
Washington supported Haitian father and son Duvalier despots for 30 years. CIA operatives worked with death squads. Torturers. Drug traffickers.
Twice ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. Haiti's first ever democratically elected president. Overwhelmingly supported. Replaced by despotic rule.
January 17, 1991 - February 28 Operation Desert Shield destroyed the cradle of civilization.
In 2003, Bush II continued where Bush I and Clinton left off. Ousting Saddam. Nonexistent WMDs the pretext.
Current Iraqi cauldron of violence conditions worse than ever. Obama's Iraq war III bears much responsibility.
Bush's Afghan war was planned months before launching. Continues without end.
America's longest war. Its most expensive. Permanent occupation planned.
Afghans are some of the world's most long-suffering people. For decades because of US imperial policy.
US-led NATO's Libyan aggression transformed Africa's most developed nation into dystopian harshness. Out-of-control violence rages.
Obama's war on Syria continues. IS is the pretext. Assad the target. Regime change the objective.
Washington wages propaganda, political, economic, social and hot wars against all sovereign independent states. State terror by any standard.
Part of its plan for unchallenged world dominance. Risking humanity's survival.
Rogue states operate this way. America's exceeds history's worst.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at
[email protected].
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