Monday, December 12, 2016

Take Russian interference in US election with a bit of perspective. And no doubt Russia, England, Germany, China, most other countries, too, have tried to have their way without overt war.


Senate Majority Leader Addison Mitchell McConnell is leading the charge to punish Russia for the crime of attempting a regime change in the United State by meddling in its recent election for president.

Addison is old enough to remember the United States involvement in changing regimes in many countries, especially since the end of WWII.  Wikipedia has the history detailed. See United States involvement nregime change.


A wikipedia summary is this:
United States involvement in regime change has entailed both overt and covert actions aimed at altering, replacing, or preserving foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government undertook regime change actions mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, and included the Mexican-American, Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. At the onset of the 20th century the United States shaped or installed friendly governments in many countries including Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. government expanded the geographic scope of its regime change actions, as the country struggled with the Soviet Union for global leadership and influence within the context of the Cold War. Significant involvements included the 1950 Korean War, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion targeting Cuba, the Vietnam War, and support for the Argentinian Dirty War, but included other operations throughout the world.

The cited article goes into great and interesting detail about all the US regime change activities, some still on-going.  Read especially about US and Britain's activity in Iran, for that activity has important present consequences for Syria and for US relations with Russia.

In the curious world of the US congress (and in all the world’s deliberative bodies), what We  do is good; what They do is bad.  And these deliberative bodies are supposed to prevent the Bomb from Destroying All Life on the Planet (except for some germs, who are the most successful life form of all).  Good luck to all of us.

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