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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13089)	5/16/2002 8:00:00 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Western Europe after WW2. Sure, WWII. Of course, we quite obviously weren't concerned with dictatorship vs. democracy, just our own safety. But I'm talking about after WWII. Every military and CIA action of ours that I can think of was in support of a dictator and against a popular movement. He used US muscle to get them out. Wrong. Kruschev didn't like the American missiles in Turkey, so he put Soviet missiles in Cuba. This ploy worked - he got Kennedy to remove his missiles from Turkey. C'mon, this is basic history. Tom

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13089)	5/17/2002 6:42:03 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 21057

re: WWII "Formulation of a statement of war aims for propaganda purposes is very different from formulation of one defining the true national interest. If war aims are stated, which seem to be concerned solely with Anglo-American imperialism, they will offer little to people in the rest of the world, and will be vulnerable to Nazi counter-promises. Such aims would also strengthen the most reactionary elements in the United States and the British Empire. The interests of other peoples should be stressed, not only those of Europe, but also of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This would have a better propaganda effect." - internal State Department memo a few months before the Atlantic Charter was published in 1941 ("Towards A New Cold War" p.100) Tom