“As the president of the United States, you have power to change the course of history, and the responsibility to save lives right now,” the staffers wrote.

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    1 year ago

    Considering how well those coups worked out, I’d really like for that sad chapter of US history to stay history, as much as I despise Bibi’s reactionary government.

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      Well, IMO the coups did what was required, same in latin america.

      It stopped the political party that was going to rule and chaos would ensue.

      Due to party plans of interfering with US corporations and allies.

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        They did meet short term goals but the long term blowback is indicative that it’s not worth it from a cold strategic perspective even when not factoring in the ideological hypocrisy