Comment by Djinjja-Ninja on 03/12/2019 at 19:51 UTC

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A couple of these *really* stood out.

East Germany 1953? While they were under occupation by Soviet forces? Really?

Egypt 1957 I assume refers to the Suez crisis, that was pretty much all Britain and France's fault, if anything the US wanted a diplomatic solution to the situation, and actually came out of the whole thing with better overall relations with Egypt

British Guiana 1953-64? They were a British colony until 1966, an the *British* occupied it in 1953 after suspending the constitution and assumed direct rule until 1957.

There's more than enough places around the world that the US *has* tried to impose its hegemony over that you can include without throwing ones that are just factually incorrect into the mix and weakening/destroying your own point.

Having said that, the Australian one really stood out and made me go "WTF? Thats just mental. Australia? No way!", until I looked it up, then I pretty much had the same reaction but in a different direction.

Apparently the CIA and MI6 attempted (and succeeded) to oust the democratically elected Prime Minister of Australia[1] by having the Governor General sack him

1: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/gough-whitlam-1975-coup-ended-australian-independence

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Comment by Negaflux at 03/12/2019 at 21:09 UTC

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Not 100% if the years are correct but Guyana (British Guiana) is still suffering from the effects of what the CIA did there, they absolutely fucked with that country. Destabilized the economy and helped stage a coup. Divided the country against each other.

Comment by [deleted] at 03/12/2019 at 21:14 UTC

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Comment by lanluz at 04/12/2019 at 10:28 UTC

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But dude like 95% list is on point, The CIA are basically U.S KGB.

Comment by soup2nuts at 04/12/2019 at 01:53 UTC

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What about France 1965?

Comment by [deleted] at 03/12/2019 at 22:03 UTC

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The CIA absolutely tried to overthrow the government of British Guiana by creating the 1963 general strike

Comment by HardcoreHazza at 03/12/2019 at 21:47 UTC

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Haha that Guardian article is written by John Pilger. Australia’s own Michael Moore but far more left wing and conspiracy theorist so take it with a grain of salt.

Australia was going through what can be simply described as a ‘government shutdown’ situation where the PM Gough Whitlam’s Party (Aus. Labor Party) was having their financial budget blocked in Senate by the (Aus. Liberal-Country Party) because the Labor Party’s part in the Loans Affair which unconstitutionally bypassing funding of the Australian treasury at the time.

The government shutdown came to a head when Governor-General sacked the PM via permission of Queen Elizabeth and only if the Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser could stop blocking the budget in the Senate of which he did.

Of course this lead to an election shortly after as Malcolm Fraser obvious did not have the confidence of the House or Reps as it was held by a majority of Labor members of Parliament.

But when the election happened, the Labor Party was kicked out by the Australian public and Malcolm Fraser’s government won in a landslide victory in 1975.

Comment by mikemi_80 at 03/12/2019 at 23:07 UTC

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Nah, the Australian situation was more complex, and primarily domestic. The US and UK had a preference, but their influence was small and indirect. Plus, it wasn’t really an overthrow as much as a constitutional crisis whose outcome was validated democratically at the next election.

Comment by Alexander-1 at 03/12/2019 at 23:17 UTC

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/26/mi5-files-coup-british-guiana[1][2]

1: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/26/mi5-files-coup-british-guiana

2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/26/mi5-files-coup-british-guiana

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/31/guyana-cia-meddling-race-riots-phantom-death-squad-ppp/[3][4]

3: https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/31/guyana-cia-meddling-race-riots-phantom-death-squad-ppp/

4: https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/31/guyana-cia-meddling-race-riots-phantom-death-squad-ppp/

actually found this pretty interesting.

Comment by Herpkina at 04/12/2019 at 01:34 UTC

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Same

Comment by nandemo at 04/12/2019 at 04:03 UTC*

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The US might not have started it, but they were definitely involved.

In response, the United States under the leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower showed its support for the uprising by establishing a large scale food relief program for East Germans, which was officially announced on July 10 and commenced on July 27. Under this program, the United States pledged to distribute $15 million worth of food from 35 distribution centers established in West Berlin, to which East Germans had access through East Berlin. The so called “Eisenhower packages” contained lard, peas, flour, and pasteurized milk. The United States distributed over 5 million packages through these centers to over a million East Germans who were able to gain access to East Berlin. In response, the East German Government cut off rail and bus traffic to West Berlin, which further heightened tensions. The program put Ulbricht on the defensive and extended the atmosphere of crisis across East Germany.