Himes: All we have is history to go on, and we engineered three regime changes in the region over the course of the last 20 years… Now: Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq—did any of those go our way? No, they did not. - ThreadSky

acyn.bsky.social • 16 hours ago

Himes: All we have is history to go on, and we engineered three regime changes in the region over the course of the last 20 years…

Now: Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq—did any of those go our way? No, they did not.

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monik222.bsky.social•10 hours ago

How the U.S. Helped Create ISIS
https://www.strausscenter.org/news/suri-in-the-nyt-how-the-u-s-helped-create-isis/

otrodia.bsky.social•15 hours ago

just remember, these are the useless treasonous bigoted #GreedyOldPendejo who are clamoring to "liberate" #Iran, https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-former-president-trumps-repeated-threats-to-prosecute-or-punish-political-opponents-if-elected

coachrambo.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The British tried to understand and capture the dynamics of the Middle East for decades and they never got the combination right. I think I’m going to watch “Lawrence of Arabia” again just as a reminder that we need to evaluate strategies very carefully.

jpjh88.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Now go even further back and the US causing Regime Change in Iran is what led to the Iranian Revolution that gave the world the current Iranian Regime.

massivruss.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Afghanistan was on the very doorstep of actually working. The ball was inside the 1 yard line on 1st down.

So we punted away in order to fuck up Iraq and kill 10’s of thousands more people for 20 years.

coolhand3333.bsky.social•14 hours ago

blondbomber.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Sure, but with Republicans in charge, why quit when you’re behind?

stef47.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Republicans ♥️ war.
Any weapons that shoot make them wet.
Warmongery rakes in a gazillion
$$$ that go to the relatively untaxed greedy.
War debt shuts down the voices of citizens in need, in the dawn and dusk and shadows of life.

eztempo.bsky.social•15 hours ago

With George W Bush having put the Ayatollah of Iran in charge of Iraq with HIS “regime change,” is this Republican Administration going to put the wild-eyed Revolutionary Guard in charge of Iran with another regime change?!

oinkjohnsoniii.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Ha... Don't forget we fucked Iran over and installed the Ayatollah, initially.

lilbobbyj.bsky.social•14 hours ago

We supported the Shah and his Pahlavi dynasty. Iran replaced us and him with the Ayatollah Khomeini because of the brutality and corruption of the Shah, supported by the US.

leemancapote.bsky.social•14 hours ago

What?! History (think 20 years ago, ffs) is repeating itself?

jimmycraig42.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Libya is now used to house US concentration camps just as El Salvador has

whiteroseresist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

grannygrayrock.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Did the 1959 regime change in Iran go our way?

nana-db.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Well, let’s not forget tRump is God’s gift to us and he can make it happen. [Entirely sarcasm.]

vallahha.bsky.social•15 hours ago

so, the odds aren't exactly in our favor. what about a regime change in the USA? I think we have a good chance of pulling it off.

sonofaeson.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Christians initiating Islamic regime change...I wonder why it hasn't worked? Maybe they don't have a fucking clue what these people need or want?

andrewwhiteley.bsky.social•2 hours ago

See also:
Syria 1949
Egypt 1952
Iran 1953
Syria 1957
Iraq 1959
Iraq 1963
Iraq 1991
What a busy bunch you are.

damondxb.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Ugh I’m so mad the war isn’t getting more destructive. Now I can’t criticize Trump as much for it.

Anyway… back to ICE and how Trump is a fascist for deporting illegal immigrants

dazedandcamus.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I'll just leave this here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm

sfnuevomexico.bsky.social•15 hours ago

So, what could go wrong?!🤪

deboraland.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Regime change in Iran in 1953 was run by our CIA to topple a democratically elected government there and to reinstall the Shah. Also didn’t ultimately go our way.

agent672.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It’s the war that never ends,
It just goes round and round my friends, some people started bombing a foolish thing to do,
so fools just keep on bombing saying that they are protecting you

Oh It’s the war that never ends…

agent672.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Iran didn’t go our way either. Anyone remember the Shah? The taking of American hostages not only brought us Ronald Reagan, but it also brought us Nightline by ABC News

lioness-cal.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Usa needs to stop messing with other countries

We should not be involved in this war

bucketshopbob.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Its different this time jd Vance says we had dumb presidents.... for the last 25 years... its a good thing Trump can't do word problems...

rickybrad.bsky.social•13 hours ago

You can chalk this up to

NOT BEING ABLE TO FUCKING LEARN

ggsd530.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If this cease fire holds, all you'll hear from maga is "Peace thru strength" and how much of a genius Trump is.

petersjvecrumba.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Our post-WWII 20-some overt/covert regime change successes and failures since WWII have left an abysmal record which uniformly gives the lie to the values we espouse. We can do better. After Trump and the GOP are gone.

bluemeade7.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Syria.

archstantongold.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Don't forget the classic & original. Our overthrowing of the Iranian elected leader in 1953. That really worked out well for everyone since....😒 doh!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat#:~:text=The%201953%20Iranian%20coup%20d'%C3%A9tat%2C%20known%20in,Minister%20Mohammad%20Mosaddegh%20on%2019%20August%201953.&text=According%20to%20the%20CIA's%20declassified%20documents%20and,to%20stage%20pro%2Dshah%20riots%20on%2019%20August.

cassandrashuman.bsky.social•14 hours ago

We alreadyengineered regime change in Iran during the Cold War to install the much-hated Shah.

quadeus.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Can we go back to 1979, when Reagan was running for President? He was making backroom deals with the Ayatollah to hold the hostages until after the election, while he criticized Carter for flubbing the hostage crises. 1979 was the year of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran. Coincidence?

xyopx.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Midas zoom junkies living in the centre of history unfolding. And all they can do is zoomfest talking head bullshit into oblivion. Reporters. Reporting. History. In your fucking USA streets!

pfiore8.bsky.social•15 hours ago

this is amazing to hear a member of Congress tell the brutal truth

kisenosato.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Iraq and Afghanistan were failures because of immense ignorance and incompetence of American political managers and decision makers.
Those countries could become roaring success, if managed properly.

rnbwdvr.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Does anybody remember the Iran Contra scandal. America has done many dirty deeds

ellambj.bsky.social•15 hours ago

You never did win a war ever.

dudesomewhere.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This picture... Those guys with rifles are ready to rock.

Afghanistan is a hard place to live. We are all so soft. And blissfully ignorant, for the most part.

norwegiantroll.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It is worse than that. The US has orcheatrated regime change attempts in many countries. In 1953 the US overthrew a democratic elected Iranian regime. Numerous attempts have been made in South America. How did it work out?

courtney01.bsky.social•16 hours ago

EXACTLY.

NONE of those
“regime changes”
we engineered
changed … the way we hoped.

NONE OF THEM.

hahnyock.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I reckon he’s missing the one regime we need more than anything.

wcgrumpystump.bsky.social•15 minutes ago

Willfully ignoring the facts in search of Dramadon’s fantasy fiction.

chomper88.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I’m sick of the Dem “leaders” not doing shit. It’s always Dems like Swalwell, Raskin, Murphy, Schiff, Booker. Warren & Bernie who’re attacking Trump’s deportations & war lingering. showing It’s time to dump Jeffries & Schumer before they blow the Midterms.

shadowops.bsky.social•5 hours ago

leaving Afghanis who helped US soldiers and deporting other ones will certainly help the reputation as well😬

halcyon25.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He presses any more buttons?

Get your tinfoil hat on

Oh wait:
Poof
Dust
Everyone gone.

Next?

cheyennegrayowl.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Trump's 2nd Stolen election is proving more disastrous than his first, now having united Sunnis and Shiites in a common enemy with his bombing of non-nuclear weapons facilities in Iran and killing civilians... And lying about it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/tDP4AmhVkt8?si=kYoX_61GK_d4fLIp

darinnajem.bsky.social•12 hours ago

You destroyed Taliban, huh? Strange that Taliban didn't notice.

Last time anyone check they rule over Afghanistan happily ever after.

But otherwise, yeah, there is some truthtelling here.

fastlarry.bsky.social•2 hours ago

kat86.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It always comes back around to bite us

sjponeill.bsky.social•15 hours ago

You'll have to go back a long long way to find any US-inspired regime chnage that actually worked...

Can't even do it right in your own country...

zentinel1.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Mission accomplished!

bobbinponytail.bsky.social•15 hours ago

this exactly and these guys discuss some of that; 52 mins and well worth the time
https://bsky.app/profile/bobbinponytail.bsky.social/post/3lsc2tnruns2y

danielle-bellew.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Maybe it’s because Donald Trump let all of the Taliban out of prison.

tsunami65.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Trump is utterly incapable of learning from mistakes.

ianxz.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Don't forget our CIA toppling a democracy in Iran in 1950s bringing in the shah (to satisfy oil barons). That is how the whole thing started.

We reap what we have sown.

ianxz.bsky.social•9 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ianxz.bsky.social/post/3lsaddlmozc2u

jrinia.bsky.social•10 hours ago

We don't have a good track record when it comes to nation building. We're unwilling to commit the resources necessary, when we cause a change, to see it through to a reasonable, secure and democratic solution. We end-up running out before the job is done. I don't think we go for #4. Leave it be.

whalewatcherace.bsky.social•1 hour ago

You can change the government of Iran. You can end the theocracy. But you cannot erase the sheer hatred the Iranian people have for America. All Trump has done is ensure that future generations of Iranians will seek the downfall of Satan America.

barneyflintstone.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Oh, but THIS one'll be different. The GREAT Lard & Slayer, Lard tramputin is instigating this one! Along with its ALCOHOLIC Defense Sec. kegseth, its F.B.I. Director spam blondie, & Intelligence Director tulsi gabby! What a team, huh!?!?

lushflimbaugh.bsky.social•14 hours ago

MAGA logic:

"So, you are saying we are due for a win..."

patcg.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The war profiteers made money.

edlucke.bsky.social•14 hours ago

this guy is no one to follow he votes with maga on occasion

marleymalone.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It's all about the oil! That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

moot-n-academic.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Libya, Iran and Afghanistan are in the same region now. Sure thing my simple American friend.
(Guys don't tell him to open a world map, knowing the world is bigger than Texas will blow his mind)

sachiamaragiri.bsky.social•15 hours ago

First. People do not read. If they read they do not remember. If they remember they do not understand. If they understand then they do not practice. Moreover, most people are politically brainwashed with fake moronic information than facts. Some are Felon like Felon47

skippyoz.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Vietnam,Korea.

fatimap72.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Westerners do not understand the culture and try to force their culture there.

gberfieldusaua.bsky.social•16 hours ago

What's next, this regime to call for Martial Law?
Yeah, wait for it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/terrorism-advisory-bulletin-warns-heightened-140430049.html

trishalla2012.bsky.social•16 hours ago

We are talking Civilizations that have been in the middle eat for thousands of years in their different Forms, and they all had issues with each other… While America still had a thriving First People, before Europeans stepped foot here…

gudmundursteinar.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Iraq is still a US ally. So much so it lets the US defend it's airspace.. paving the way for Iran to have many bad days.

As bad as Iraq or Libya are nobody wants Saddam or Ghaddafi back.

rockney.bsky.social•14 hours ago

fast-ed.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Just go back A Lil more, our CIA instigated a regime change in IRAN and it came back to bite us in the ass.

marcelo1.bsky.social•14 hours ago

4
The whole mess in Iran STARTED with regime change forced by the US

babayaga52.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Yeah...but the military contractors and the congressman they own got rich...and that's what it's all about for them. The destruction and the human lives don't enter their equations.

dudesomewhere.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Who won all the wars ?

The MIC.

We peons can FOAD.

Get it yet ?

bandedhawk.bsky.social•12 hours ago

You forgot meddling in Iran in 1953...

palazzo214.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The world would be so much more peaceful if there wasn’t any religion fanaticism.

joannkennedy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Can't colonize a bunch of people who want you to leave their country

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ellem111.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Trump released the Taliban from prison and that put them back in power in Afghanistan.

noelinmiocene.bsky.social•15 hours ago

4th time's the charm? It's too bad that when the US fucks around it's always other people who find out.

bigballbaron.bsky.social•15 hours ago

lol. Yeah, but all those presidents were dumb - JD Vance

steviehellskitchen.bsky.social•13 hours ago

You forgot Iran. Remember the Shah?

acyn.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here:

https://youtu.be/58NLUO4llEA

kerrylynn.com•15 hours ago

I’m sure that’s what IRAN is saying. Touché

cheyennegrayowl.bsky.social•10 hours ago

So, Iran does a trial run, tells CONVICT TRUMP exactly when and where Iran will send missiles, sends a couple-three, Qatar base shoots down, Iran logs and "books" relevant response data of trial run in prep for next time...

...and DONNIE DEMENTIA claims victory.

Bonespurs & Co are just dumb.

dmstraker.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I think Trump may have gotten away with it ... for now.

US drops big bombs.

Iran gives warning then shoots small missiles at US base. Importantly, nobody hurt.

Unless Trump attacks again, Iran will likely return to trading missiles with Israel.

redgmac.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Wait what? Yeah it went our way if you're part of the military industrial complex, they did very well, some would say, people are saying they propped up the economy.

gingryu.bsky.social•7 hours ago

1/2 Just to remind you: You (the US) engineered the Iranian regime change from growing democracy to full autocracy in 1953 (for the oil). As a result, when the people started revolting in Iran against the US engineered regime change you engineered another one, hindering comunism in Iran

gingryu.bsky.social•7 hours ago

2/2 and enforcing islamism in 1979(for the oil). After that you Engineered the Iran-Iraq war to counter that islamism in Iran (because you lost the oil in Iran and wanted Iraq to get it back for you). While on the same time engineering islamism in Afghanistan in the 1980ies (to fight communism).

stargayzer28.bsky.social•1 hour ago

We aren't taught this here. The only people that know, are people that know to look down the rabbit hole.

sarafinasings.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It could happen.

alientech.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Turns out it the attack on the US base was a pre-arranged theater to let Iranian regime safe face in front of its own people.

mayhem1994.bsky.social•16 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mayhem1994.bsky.social/post/3lscgraagjc2r

oursnottoreasonwhy.bsky.social•25 minutes ago

Not anymore chaotic than the United States. Such bias. Look in the mirror.

argovela.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The biggest reason to learn about history is because your life may depend on doing so.

mop-fautneddy.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I keep thinking of how well things in Iran have worked out after the CIA got involved in the 50s.

BRILLIANT.

jonlincbrown.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The outcome is irrelevant as it's only to enable the industrial war complex to make money, and dump old stock that's past its sell-by date...

tedm211.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Our track record on regime change is not stellar.

wingflex.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Can we get a regime change here in the US? because that's the only regime change I support.

opiatepix.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Was about to post something about liberating the USA, but then thought it might sound snarky.

neiljrm.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Nov 2024 there was an opportunity for regime change in the US and the US chose unwisely..

dogcatcher4.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Good thing we have, "history to go on!"

flyme2damoon.bsky.social•13 hours ago

defeq79.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Iran 1953 US directed coup gave us 1979 and their efforts to make atomics.

healourworld.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Not everything is the same.

broskrynn.bsky.social•4 hours ago

He's not wrong. If anything what is needed is to establish a decent ruler in Lybia, restore a status quo as it was wrong to bomb and invade it might be important also for the US to offer up reparations. As to Afghan and Iraq I've no solutions other than to pull out and never return.

elainebar.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Maybe Trump figured were due for one to randomly go our way.

megadez.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Afghanistan was won. Then Trump released +5,000 Taliban prisoners, including their current leader. 🤷

joekerrr.bsky.social•16 hours ago

trump is a terrorist. He belongs with bin Laden

bluejay1957.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Another GOP dipshit.

redeye1054.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yup and Russia said will send them nukes

bigwildmindmachine.bsky.social•15 hours ago

But good Lord are they now spinning it to where those were all WINS.

carsrule.bsky.social•13 hours ago

So the morons vote the dumb ass back in office so he can pretend to be in control and only being controlled by Russell Vought and the Russians. Anybody see a problem?

hahnyock.bsky.social•12 hours ago

You forgot Stephen Miller.

carsrule.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Your right.

j-e-l1.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Vietnam , the Congo, Greece, Chile, Nicaragua, El Salvador. Guatemala etc etc etc. Iran

See
CIA greatest Hits

We spent billions & masscred thousands…

sal-m.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I see Meidas Touch has become CNN/MSNBC/FOXNews platforming Hakeem and Hines who just repeated every lie from Netanyahu/Trump word for word.
Iran is NOT our biggest threat when MAGA is destroying the USA right fucking now!

robynmb.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Sigh….. mindlessly repeating horror, destruction and loss……. Something about the definition of insanity…😥😖😤🤬

april-aries.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The regime change he wants is Iranians calling HIM Supreme Leader because he likes how it sounds….

too-young.bsky.social•16 hours ago

And he wants the land

trinigahl.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Nah, go back further, say 1953... when US n UK decided to force regime change to prevent Soviet influence POSSIBILITY and ended up radicalizing the region. We created this monster... as usual! Sigh

doug666.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Genuine change needs to come from the people of the country.
Iran has a glorious history and has enriched the world culturally.

claudiamw.bsky.social•16 hours ago

DON'T FORGET THE WAR WOUNDED.

And don't call them "wounds." "Wounds" sounds sterile. Tidy. Under control.

Tens of thousands of our troops sustained ghastly, life-changing injuries: loss of limbs, eyesight, hearing, brains scrambled, BECAUSE THE FUCKING PRESIDENT SAID WE'D BE GREETED AS LIBERATORS.

wernerj.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The regime change needs to start here. Physician heal thyself.

scourgedunord.bsky.social•15 hours ago

You forgot the removal of the Iranian government previously with the British in 1951 due to nationalization of oil resources, and what that led to.

mirimg.bsky.social•14 hours ago

They never have, have they?

destroythedystopia.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The regime change engineered here in the US certainly isn’t going well.

swhitmire.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Go back further to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, and even Iran. All failures.

prime157.bsky.social•16 hours ago

And we've dismantled the cheaper and easier way to influence power...

USAID.

d-d-jones.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The Mossadegh coup and installation of the Shah worked so well last time we did Iran 😱😱😱

mar-flo-ele.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Correct 💯

anemiab.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Exactly. That shit needs to stop.

rj-02092024.bsky.social•8 hours ago

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burndiggity.bsky.social•28 minutes ago

FOURTH time is the charm.

nickkave.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Forced regimen change is a concept born of hubris❗️
It is an outgrowth of the fairy tale of American Exceptionalism
Yet, we never seem to learn from our previous missteps in foreign meddling

robprdn.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The book "Hubris" is quite revealing...

angryfuture.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Weapons merchants made bank

More fear More profit

rwarrin.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He left out the one we did before Libya, Afghanistan & Iraq; Iran.

voteequality.bsky.social•10 hours ago

They always backfired

foresthillsnyc.bsky.social•14 hours ago

But none had God’s chosen convict leading the attacks. Amen.

stargayzer28.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I believe this time the regime change was engineered here- by Russia. We know Putin interfered with our elections, stoked division with bot farms and has a long history with Trump who is likely an operative. Maybe it'll wake us up to what we do to other societies. It all needs to stop.

stargayzer28.bsky.social•1 hour ago

They went someone's way. The powerful don't want to win wars, they want to keep them going.

shirlenedez.bsky.social•3 hours ago

If all these superpowers minded their own damned business, there’d be far less strife in the world! The thirst for power and control within countries is also a huge contributor to the woes of this planet.

wewereright.org•15 hours ago

US CIA and Mossad intervention is a stupid mistake. That's it.

ur1bro.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I seriously do not like Trump. But even I know Trump is not interested or could care less about regime changes in Iran 🙄 please don’t tell me you’re actually going to now start believing anything he says 🙄 Iran pissed him off and he was already furious about the protests so he blew off some steam

eiming.bsky.social•4 hours ago

He was pissed about his stupid birthday party.

beebeeks.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Remember when we engineered regime change in Iran?

HOW THE FUCK DID THAT GO???

wolfieireland.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The USA is seen as a JOKE NATION at this time They are NOT the POLICE FOR THE WORLD as they are NOT IMPARTIAL Even those who should be Allies of the USA are questioning their Policies However they are doing nothing about changing the mind of the Policies of Worst President the USA has ever had

jojo1160.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The only country in which we should demand a regime change is the USA!

mwcartoons.bsky.social•15 hours ago

ctopia089.bsky.social•16 hours ago

too-young.bsky.social•16 hours ago

What does this all have in common?

frothysamadhi.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Pretending the US didn't engineer Syria is kind of wild.

galaxydreams70.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Germany and Japan and Chile all went our way.

aquasun0824.bsky.social•15 hours ago

We already did a big one in Iran in 1953 and we are STILL REAPING THE REPERCUSSIONS FROM THAT ONE TODAY!

bdfnyc.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Well, Vietnam worked out, right?

gettingold007.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Exactly

taradanger.bsky.social•15 hours ago

BUT the 1% will waste their money trying. They need to be deported.

jack-north.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The definition of insanity means maybe THIS time it will work, right?

misssammyk.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The USA has failed in all regime changes in this hemisphere I include Cuba and Haiti.

tleighb.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He's also overlooking Korea and Vietnam. How did those wars turn out for us?

We are living in the stupidest timeline

jvsylvester.bsky.social•12 hours ago

There's decades of history of U.S. inspired "regime change" in Central America and the Caribbean. We could add our history with Vietnam and the Philippines as well. It's something we've been doing for a long time.

karenknight1.bsky.social•14 hours ago

...with those people in the white house. 😳 Scary times.

stephen1r2.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Well he did limit his window to the past 20 years?
Every “conflict” after WW2 was a bad idea to be sure

russellmark.bsky.social•26 minutes ago

The Afghan war went our way as much as possible. In some ways it was a huge success. The women there even now would dance if they knew we were returning.

daveawayfromhome.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Maybe someone should point out that much of the blame for the last Shah of Iran being the tyrant that he was can be laid at the feet of the US in what could be described as a regime change.

agedadventure.bsky.social•22 minutes ago

All the US unsuccessfully meddling in the middle East in past years and they thought ‘Donnie no deals’ was going to solve it?

madampower.com•8 hours ago

The goal is to carry out a prophecy. Go back to when the Dead Sea Scrolls were supposedly "discovered". Coincidentally the word "homosexual" and it being a sin didn't show up in KJV until it was revised in 1946. Convenient for white dudes wanting to retain power and create the state of Israel.

smileyfacekillr.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Vietnam didn't either

joemckirdy.bsky.social•16 hours ago

and Syria.

digitalmb.bsky.social•16 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mrsbettybowers.bsky.social/post/3ls7g6wqnp22x

theoarman.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I find the use of the term, “we” in this dialogue disturbing.

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