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Dear Salam, Where Are You?

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Sarita Rani

Tuesday, April 22, 2003

A Whole New Information War

You disastrously overestimate the chances of a regime change leaving a stable democracy. The US bombed these countries for that reason:

China	.....................................................	1945-46
Korea and China	.....................................................	1950-53
Guatemala	.....................................................	1954
Indonesia	.....................................................	1958
Cuba	.....................................................	1959-60
Guatemala	.....................................................	1960
Congo	.....................................................	1964
Peru	.....................................................	1965
Laos	.....................................................	1964-73
Vietnam	.....................................................	1961-73
Cambodia	.....................................................	1969-70
Guatemala	.....................................................	1967-69
Grenada	.....................................................	1983
Lebanon	.....................................................	1983, 1984
Libya	.....................................................	1986
El Salvador	.....................................................	1980s
Nicaragua	.....................................................	1980s
Panama	.....................................................	1989
Iraq	.....................................................	1991-99
Kuwait	.....................................................	1991
Somalia	.....................................................	1993
Bosnia	.....................................................	1994, 1995
Sudan	.....................................................	1998
Afghanistan	.....................................................	1998
Yugoslavia	.....................................................	1999

And in how many countries did they leave a stable govt? None (except for S Korea). Also, in 1941, the British attacked the Iraqi Army in Basra, ousting the president and installing a pro-British govt. How long did that govt last?

Posted by Phroggie on March 12, 2003 05:08 am. From the blog site deanesmay.com. Post to be found at http://www.deanesmay.com/archives/000790.html

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