What I see in this, is our 22 million government bureaucrats looking for meaning and excitement in their empty, pathetic lives. The founding fathers had it right. Don’t engage in foreign wars.
They do not hate us because we are free. They do not hate us because they are evil. They hate us because we are over there.
“Since 1945, the USA has been responsible either directly or indirectly of helping remove dozens of governments, many democratically elected, around the world. Sometimes the events are kept secret for years and only slowly come out. Other times, the events are the cause of demonstrations, anger and resentment at the time they occur. . . .
In the list below only successful changes of government are listed. Many attempts have failed. Cuba is the best example of this.
| Year | Country | Reason Given | Actual Reason |
| 1949 | Syria | Communism | Elected government against USA political interests and pro-Palestinian. |
| 1949 | Greece | Communism | Elected government against USA political and economic interests. |
| 1952 | Cuba | None | Elected government against USA business interests. |
| 1953 | Iran | None | Elected government against USA oil interests. |
| 1953 | British Guyana | None | Access to sugar and bauxite. |
| 1954 | Guatemala | Communism | Elected government against USA business interests. |
| 1955 | South Vietnam | Communism | French backed leader replaced by USA backed leader. |
| 1957 | Haiti | Haiti is near the USA | Previous government against USA business interests. |
| 1958 | Laos | None | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1959 | Laos | None | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1960 | South Korea | Communism | Previous leader not strong enough for USA. |
| 1960 | Laos | None | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1960 | Ecuador | Communism | Previous government too independent in foreign policy. |
| 1963 | Dominican Republic | Business Interests | Elected government against USA business interests. |
| 1963 | South Vietnam | None | Previous leader’s policies led to televised suicides. |
| 1963 | Honduras | Communism | Pro-USA government and access to resources. |
| 1963 | Guatemala | Communism | Military government was about to allow elections. |
| 1963 | Ecuador | None | Elected government too independent. |
| 1964 | Brazil | Communism | Access to resources and cheap labour. |
| 1964 | Bolivia | Communism | Previous government too independent in foreign policy. |
| 1965 | Zaire | None | Access to cobalt, copper and diamonds. |
| 1966 | Ghana | None | Previous government too independent in foreign policy. |
| 1967 | Greece | None | Military bases. |
| 1970 | Cambodia | None | Previous king against USA political interests. |
| 1970 | Bolivia | None | Country took ownership of its oil and tin. |
| 1972 | El Salvador | Communism | Elected leader against USA business interests. |
| 1973 | Chile | Communism | Elected government against USA business interests. |
| 1975 | Australia | None | Elected government had unsuitable foreign policy. |
| 1979 | South Korea | None | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1980 | Liberia | Democracy | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1982 | Chad | None | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1983 | Grenada | Democracy | Pro-USA government wanted. |
| 1987 | Fiji | Democracy | Previous elected government supported nuclear-free Pacific. |
| 2002 | Venezuela | None | Disagreed with foreign policy of elected government. |
| 2004 | Haiti | Fraudulent elections | Disagreed with economic policy of elected government. |
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William Blum, USA writer from the book, “Rogue State”:
“From 1945 to the end of the [20th] century, the USA attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes. In the process, the USA caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair”.
Michael Krenn, quoting the USA charge d’Affairs in 1929:
“Until the Venezuelan people could be trusted to make the right decisions concerning their political and economic direction – and that time was deemed to be in the very distant future – it was best for all concerned that they be kept safe from democracy.”
CIA document, dated 10 September 1973 about Chile:
“The coup attempt will begin September 11. All three branches of the armed forces and the Carabineros are involved in this action. A declaration will be read on Radio Agricultura at 7 A.M. on 11 September.”
Jack Kubisch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. Testimony before the USA House Subcommittee on Inter American Affairs 20 September 1973 about the Chilean coup:
“Gentlemen, I wish to state as flatly and as categorically as I possibly can that we did not have advance knowledge of the coup that took place on September 11.”
Pentagon’s Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Years 1994 – 1999, a USA planning document:
“Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival… we must maintain the mechanisms for deterring potential competitors from even aspiring to a larger regional or global role.”
Bill Clinton, USA president, speaking in Greece;
“When the junta took over in 1967 here the United States allowed its interests in prosecuting the Cold War to prevail over its interests – I should say its obligation – to support democracy, which was, after all, the cause for which we fought the Cold War. it is important that we acknowledge that.”
Read more at krysstal.com (Including a brief elaboration of each coup.)