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To: Elroy who wrote (189322)	6/14/2006 1:21:50 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

that we should not support (tremendously) countries that do not. That would be a novel situation... US-sponsored Murderous Dictatorships: A List The greatest crime ever perpetrated in the name of America is the US government's long-established practice of installing and supporting so many murderous dictatorships, primarily after the end of colonialism and during the Cold War with the all-justifying excuse of anti-communism. How many murderous dictatorships has the US installed or supported? Let's count. Country Dictator Dates Chile Gen. Augusto Pinochet 1973-1990 Argentina Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla 1976-1981 Indonesia Suharto 1965 coup against left-leaning Sukarno, 1975 support of East Timor genocide, etc. Guatemala Armas, Fuentes, Montt 1954- Iran The Shah of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini was on the CIA payroll in the 1970s in Paris Egypt Sadat, Mubarak 1978-today Iraq Saddam Hussein Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza & sons 1937-1979 Paraguay Stroessner. US supported throughout (state.gov says US has supported Paraguayan development since 1942) ($142M between 1962 and 1975) 1954-1989 Bolivia Col. Hugo Banzer overthrew elected leftist president Juan Jose Torres 1970- Angola Jonas Savimbi/UNITA (didn't actually win his revolution, but killed or displaced millions) 1975-1989 Zaire Mobutu Saudi Arabia Saud family Kuwait a monarchy Morocco Tunisia Algeria Jordan Panama Noriega was US-supported for years Haiti Papa Doc, Baby Doc Dominican Republic Trujillo, a military dictator for 32 years with US support for most of that time; Belaguer, Trujillo's protege, installed after US Marines intervened to put down an attempt to restore the democratically elected government of Juan Bosch 1930-61, 1965-78 Honduras El Salvador 1980s Nepal monarchy since 1948 Cuba Fulgencio Batista pre-Castro Brazil Gen. Branco overthrew elected president Goulart with US support 1965-67 Uzbekistan Kamirov "The Boiler", $150M from the Bush administration for an air base. 1965-67 There are some gaps of information there. If you know any details that could help fill the gaps, let me know, it would be much appreciated. So I count 25. Rough numbers, let's not be picky. I barely have 25 people in my pingpong club, we're talking 25 countries. tomveatch.com