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louis c

(8,652 posts) Tue Feb 19, 2019, 12:48 PM Feb 2019

Remember When the United States Controlled Puppet Governments?

Vietnam, Iran, Chile, Panama, the Philippines, Laos, Nicaragua, Haiti and on and on.

I guess it's our turn to see how it feels with a puppet controlled by a foreign government as the head of state.

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Remember When the United States Controlled Puppet Governments? (Original Post) louis c Feb 2019 OP

Puppet Governments don't have elections where the opposition wins back political power brooklynite Feb 2019 #1

Has that happened yet? louis c Feb 2019 #3

... brooklynite Feb 2019 #4

The midterms are all well in good louis c Feb 2019 #5

It's notable that overall, every country that the U.S. screwed with... VOX Feb 2019 #2

I'll just drop this link and split... pecosbob Feb 2019 #6

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

1. Puppet Governments don't have elections where the opposition wins back political power

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:07 PM

Feb 2019

louis c

(8,652 posts)

3. Has that happened yet?

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:18 PM

Feb 2019

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

4. ...

Reply to louis c (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:20 PM

Feb 2019

louis c

(8,652 posts)

5. The midterms are all well in good

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 02:08 PM

Feb 2019

but the head of state and commander in chief of this country is still a puppet of an adversarial foreign government.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

2. It's notable that overall, every country that the U.S. screwed with...

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:10 PM

Feb 2019

Turned out the worse for it. I can think of no exceptions.

pecosbob

(8,316 posts)

6. I'll just drop this link and split...

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 02:28 PM

Feb 2019

https://truthout.org/articles/us-counterterror-missions-target-40-percent-of-the-planet/

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