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- worldnews@lemmy.ml
- usnews@beehaw.org
Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we – in the United States but also internationally – had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict. It seems no exaggeration to say that the foundation of the international order of the last 77 years is threatened by this change in the obligations governing our legal and political responsibilities to each other.
United snakes hold the crown of the number of countries bombed by them (30 countries) and the number of coups (dozens).
Cold War regime change attempts (64 covert, 6 overt, 1947–1989):
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/covert-operations-fail-more-often-than-not-so-why-do-leaders-order-them/
Global interventions, including coups and election interference (81 interventions in elections, 64 covert and 6 overt regime change attempts):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
List and discussion of US-backed coups in Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia:
https://www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/US_Intelligence_Projects_in_the_Cold_War.php
General overview of US foreign interventions, including nearly 400 military interventions and examples of coups:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_interventions_by_the_United_States
Washington Post summary of academic research on 72 US attempts to change foreign governments during the Cold War:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/23/the-cia-says-russia-hacked-the-u-s-election-here-are-6-things-to-learn-from-cold-war-attempts-to-change-regimes/