US Military Actions Since 1945
US Military Actions since 1945:
1953 – US Over throws Massadeq of Iran. (Eisenhower –Rep.)
1954 – Overthrow democratically elected President of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.(Eisenhower – Rep.)
1963 – US backs the assassination of S. Vietnamese President Diem. ( Johnson – Dem )
1963-1975 – Vietnam war. US military kills 4 million people in SE Asia. (Johnson/Nixon Rep.)
Sept 11. 1973 – US Stages coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 civilians murdered.
1977 – US Backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans and 4 American nuns killed.
1980s - US trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives then $3 billion in “aid”.
1981 – Reagan administration trans and funds “contras”. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982 – US provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983 – White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989 – CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama ) disobeys orders from Washington. US invades Panama and removes Noriega….3,000 Panamanian casualties.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from the US.
1991 – US enters Iraq. Bush reinstates the dictator of Kuwait.
1998 – Clinton bombs “weapons” factory in Sudan. Turns out that the factory made aspirin.
1991-Present – American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001 – US gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in “aid”.
9/11 2001 – Osama Bin Laden uses expert CIA training to kill 3000 people.
US Military Actions since 1945:
1953 – US Over throws Massadeq of Iran. (Eisenhower –Rep.)
1954 – Overthrow democratically elected President of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.(Eisenhower – Rep.)
1963 – US backs the assassination of S. Vietnamese President Diem. ( Johnson – Dem )
1963-1975 – Vietnam war. US military kills 4 million people in SE Asia. (Johnson/Nixon Rep.)
Sept 11. 1973 – US Stages coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 civilians murdered.
1977 – US Backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans and 4 American nuns killed.
1980s - US trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives then $3 billion in “aid”.
1981 – Reagan administration trans and funds “contras”. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982 – US provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983 – White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989 – CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama ) disobeys orders from Washington. US invades Panama and removes Noriega….3,000 Panamanian casualties.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from the US.
1991 – US enters Iraq. Bush reinstates the dictator of Kuwait.
1998 – Clinton bombs “weapons” factory in Sudan. Turns out that the factory made aspirin.
1991-Present – American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001 – US gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in “aid”.
9/11 2001 – Osama Bin Laden uses expert CIA training to kill 3000 people.
2003 - George Bush, under advice of a group of extreme right wing idealogues, makes pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. Overthrows dictator Saddam Hussein and installs former CIA agent Ayad Allawi as Prime Minister. As of 9/24/2004, over 18,000 innocent Iraqi civilians killed. Tens of thousand injured.
http://www.iraqbodycount.org.US GIs killed: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/oif-chart1.gif
US GIs injured: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/oif-chart2.gif
The rest of the world looks at the US and says “you lost 3000 people?”
SE Asia lost 4 million people.
Guatamala lost 200,000 people.
Chile lost 10,000 people.
Argentina lost 40,000 people.
The rest of the world isn’t so sympathetic to our loss. We just ignore what’s been done in our name.
1953 – US Over throws Massadeq of Iran. (Eisenhower –Rep.)
1954 – Overthrow democratically elected President of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.(Eisenhower – Rep.)
1963 – US backs the assassination of S. Vietnamese President Diem. ( Johnson – Dem )
1963-1975 – Vietnam war. US military kills 4 million people in SE Asia. (Johnson/Nixon Rep.)
Sept 11. 1973 – US Stages coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 civilians murdered.
1977 – US Backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans and 4 American nuns killed.
1980s - US trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives then $3 billion in “aid”.
1981 – Reagan administration trans and funds “contras”. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982 – US provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983 – White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989 – CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama ) disobeys orders from Washington. US invades Panama and removes Noriega….3,000 Panamanian casualties.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from the US.
1991 – US enters Iraq. Bush reinstates the dictator of Kuwait.
1998 – Clinton bombs “weapons” factory in Sudan. Turns out that the factory made aspirin.
1991-Present – American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001 – US gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in “aid”.
9/11 2001 – Osama Bin Laden uses expert CIA training to kill 3000 people.
US Military Actions since 1945:
1953 – US Over throws Massadeq of Iran. (Eisenhower –Rep.)
1954 – Overthrow democratically elected President of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.(Eisenhower – Rep.)
1963 – US backs the assassination of S. Vietnamese President Diem. ( Johnson – Dem )
1963-1975 – Vietnam war. US military kills 4 million people in SE Asia. (Johnson/Nixon Rep.)
Sept 11. 1973 – US Stages coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 civilians murdered.
1977 – US Backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans and 4 American nuns killed.
1980s - US trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives then $3 billion in “aid”.
1981 – Reagan administration trans and funds “contras”. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982 – US provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983 – White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989 – CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama ) disobeys orders from Washington. US invades Panama and removes Noriega….3,000 Panamanian casualties.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from the US.
1991 – US enters Iraq. Bush reinstates the dictator of Kuwait.
1998 – Clinton bombs “weapons” factory in Sudan. Turns out that the factory made aspirin.
1991-Present – American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001 – US gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in “aid”.
9/11 2001 – Osama Bin Laden uses expert CIA training to kill 3000 people.
2003 - George Bush, under advice of a group of extreme right wing idealogues, makes pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. Overthrows dictator Saddam Hussein and installs former CIA agent Ayad Allawi as Prime Minister. As of 9/24/2004, over 18,000 innocent Iraqi civilians killed. Tens of thousand injured.
http://www.iraqbodycount.org.US GIs killed: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/oif-chart1.gif
US GIs injured: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/oif-chart2.gif
The rest of the world looks at the US and says “you lost 3000 people?”
SE Asia lost 4 million people.
Guatamala lost 200,000 people.
Chile lost 10,000 people.
Argentina lost 40,000 people.
The rest of the world isn’t so sympathetic to our loss. We just ignore what’s been done in our name.
posted by Gary at 8:12 AM
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