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Skybird · 08-20-08, 07:45 AM

Supporting and assisting and keeping in power a not short list of brutal dictators in Middle (and South) America (as well as in Africa and the Far East) for whom death squadrons, torture, massmurder were a question of good manners, in my book qualifies for a description of actively supporting terror.

Most countries of Middle America have seen direct and indirect (proxy wars) military intervention by the US. During the cold war era, and especially the 70s and 80s, it was in "defense" against the rivalling global system that confronted the american system, and for its own part it was supported and propagated by the Soviet Union. Also, these operations, sometimes leading to years of bloody civil wars, sometimes carryied the consequences of the war onto american streets (contras, drug smuggling and the help of the CIA to sell the drugs on American streets so that the Contras could pay for the weapons they got from America). And it was about backing up economical interests of US companies in the countries at questions.

A massive attempt to project influence even as far as South America, can still be seen today, though with varying success.

08-20-08, 07:45 AM	#96
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,801 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Supporting and assisting and keeping in power a not short list of brutal dictators in Middle (and South) America (as well as in Africa and the Far East) for whom death squadrons, torture, massmurder were a question of good manners, in my book qualifies for a description of actively supporting terror. Most countries of Middle America have seen direct and indirect (proxy wars) military intervention by the US. During the cold war era, and especially the 70s and 80s, it was in "defense" against the rivalling global system that confronted the american system, and for its own part it was supported and propagated by the Soviet Union. Also, these operations, sometimes leading to years of bloody civil wars, sometimes carryied the consequences of the war onto american streets (contras, drug smuggling and the help of the CIA to sell the drugs on American streets so that the Contras could pay for the weapons they got from America). And it was about backing up economical interests of US companies in the countries at questions. A massive attempt to project influence even as far as South America, can still be seen today, though with varying success. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.