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Guide to U.S. foreign policy: Think of it as a 'world tour'
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48 nations have received overt action from America -- guns, bombs, soldiers, etc. -- since World War II. At least 22 nations are known to have received covert action from America -- a little assassination here, a little coup there, cash under the table for dictators, etc. In an unknown number of other nations, America's covert actions remain unknown to Americans.
This list provides a very quick overview of the historical foreign policies of the United States.
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Afghanistan (1984-1988, 2001-?) --
President Bush said Osama bin Laden was responsible for the terrorist attacks on America, and demanded he be extradicted to stand trial in America. Afghanistan asked for the evidence against bin Laden, but America declined, claiming reasons of national security.
Albania (1997)
Algeria (1815) (2004)
Angola (1860, 1976-92) -- CIA-sponsored and instigated wars in Angola have killed approximately 300,000.
Argentina (1833, 1852-53, 1890)
Armenia
Australia
Austria (1849, 1917-18)
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia (1986-87)
Bosnia/Herzegovia (1993, 95)
Botswana
Brazil (1894, 1964)
Brunei
Bulgaria (1942-45)
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cambodia (1969-75) Up to two million killed in US bombing and subsequent starvation.
Canada (1812)
Cayman Islands
Central African States
Chad (2004)
Chile (1891, 1973) -- CIA coup overthrew democratically-elected government; US-installed puppet dictator then killed approximately 3,000.
China (1843, 1854-56, 1859, 1866, 1894-95, 1898-1900, 1911-12, 1912, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1922-27, 1932, 1934, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1950-53)
Colombia (1860, 1868, 1873, 1895, 1901-02, 1999-...)
Congo (nee Zaire) (1961, 1964)
Costa Rica
Croatia (nee Dalmatia) (1919, 1995)
Cuba (1814-25, 1906-09, 1912, 1917-22, 1933, 1959-60, 1961, 1962)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic (1903-04, 1914, 1916-24, 1963, 1965-66)
Ecuador (1961)
East Timor -- See note under Indonesia, 1965.
Egypt (1882)
El Salvador (1981-?) -- US-backed regime used US-trained death squads to kill approximately 75,000.
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia (nee Abyssinia) (1903-04), 2007
Falkland Islands (1831-32)
Fiji (1840, 1855, 1858)
Finland
France (1798-1800)
Gambia
Germany (1917-18, 1941-45)
Ghana
Greece (1827, 1947-49)
Greenland (1941)
Grenada (1856, 1982-83)
Guatemala (1920, 1954, 1966-67, 1967-69) -- After the 1954 CIA coup, approximately 150,000 were killed by US-backed authorities, and another 50,000 were 'disappeared.'
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti (1888, 1891, 1914, 1915-34, 1957, 1994, 2004) -- After the US installed "Papa Doc" Duvalier as Haiti's dictator in 1957, he proceeded to kill about 100,000.
Hawaii (1893)
Honduras (1903, 1907, 1911-12, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1982, 1983-89)
Hong Kong
Hungary (1917-18, 1942-45)
Iceland (1941)
India
Indonesia (nee Sumatra)(1832, 1838-39, 1958, 1965) -- After the CIA-backed coup installed President Suharto, he went on to slaughter about 800,000, and invaded East Timor, killing an additional 250,000 or so.
Iran (1953, 1980, 1987-88, 2007)-- On January 11, 2007, the US military stormed and seized the Iranian embassy in Irbil, Iraq.
Iraq (1959, 1963-1990, 1991-?) -- Saddam Hussein, a former CIA operative, sent Iraqi troops to invade Kuwait in 1991. Approximately 200,000-250,000 Iraqis were killed in the resulting US military response, plus an estimated 3,000-5,000 more every month since, due to sanctions. Some say the total dead has now surpassed 1,000,000. Some say it's more.
Ireland
Israel
Italy (1941-45, 1946)
Ivory Coast (1843)
Jamaica
Japan (1853-54, 1863-64, 1868, 1941-45)
Johanns Island (1851)
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea (now North and South Korea) (1871, 1888, 1894-96, 1904-05, 1950-53)
Kuwait (1991)
Kyrgyzstan (2005)
Laos (1957-71, 1971-73)
Latvia
Lebanon (1958, 1982-84)
Liberia (1990, 1997)
Libya (nee Tripoli) (1801-05, 1815, 1981, 1986, 1989)
Lithuania
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• America's OVERT ACTIONS are indicated in red (for nations which have been bombed and/or invaded by the United States since the end of WWII) and magenta (for nations which received earlier US military actions).
• America's COVERT ACTIONS are indicated in brown (these are nations known to have had CIA interference in government, or secret US assistance for one side or the other in civil wars, or CIA-sponsored assassinations, or US-installed puppet leaders, etc., since WWII).
• OTHER NATIONS are indicated in black (these are nations which may or may not have had covert CIA actions on their soil, but if so, documentation remains classified).
Of course, a list like this is absolutely certain to be incomplete, since the CIA rarely issues press releases to brag about overthrowing another democratically-elected leader. This list is also certain to be outdated soon and often, as long as the "Los Angeles Policeman of the World" remains on patrol.
For those who scratch their heads or become furious wondering why we've presented this information, here's our answer.
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Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali (2004)
Malta
Mauritania (2004)
Mauritius
Mexico (1836, 1842, 1844, 1846-48, 1859, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1913, 1914-17, 1918-19)
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco (1904) (2004)
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Zealand
Netherlands
New Guinea
Nicaragua (1853, 1854, 1857, 1867, 1894, 1896, 1898-99, 1910, 1912-25, 1926-33, 1981-90) -- US-sponsored civil war has killed, so far, approximately 30,000.
Niger (2004)
Nigeria
Norway
Oman (1970)
Pakistan (2003-?) -- "War on terror" operations often include US bombings and military incursions within Pakistan
Panama (1856, 1865, 1885, 1903-14, 1918-20, 1921, 1925, 1958, 1964, 1989) -- "Operation Just Cause," George Bush's invasion of Panama to arrest one man, killed approximately 5,000-8,000.
Paraguay (1859)
Peru (1835-36, 1965)
Philippines (1899-1901, 1948-54, 1989, 2003-?)
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania (1942-45)
Russia (nee Siberia, USSR) (1918-20, 1920-22)
Rwanda
Samoa (1841, 1888-89, 1899)
Saudi Arabia
Serbia (1999)
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia (1992-94, 2005-)
South Africa
Spain (Mexico territory 1806; Florida territory 1810, 1812-14, and 1816-18; Puerto Rico territory 1824; 1898)
Sri Lanka
Sudan (1998)
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria (1903)
Taiwan (nee Formosa) (1867, 1950-55)
Tajikistan (1986-?)
Tanzania
Thailand (1962)
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia (2004)
Turkey (1849, 1851, 1858-59, 1912, 1919, 1922)
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom (1776-1783, 1812-15)
Uruguay (1855, 1858, 1868, 1947)
Uzbekistan (1986-?)
Venezuela (2002-?)
Vietnam (1961-73) -- Approximately 50,000 Americans were killed in the process of killing approximately 2,000,000 Vietnamese.
Virgin Islands (1989)
West African States
Western Samoa
Yemen
Yugoslavia (1992-94, 1995, 1999)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Thanks, Jerry, Kathleen V., and Joe Nietzsche for corrections and further information. |
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