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Map of Every Country that the USA has invaded, bombed, couped, supported dictators, supported terrorists and/or interfered in elections since 1900. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Damn that's crazy. Anyway:

In 1967, the CIA helped South Vietnamese agents identify and then murder alleged Viet Cong leaders operating in villages, in the Phoenix Program. By 1972, Phoenix operatives had executed between 26,000 and 41,000 suspected NLF operatives, informants and supporters.1

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, what does this have to do with the above comment?