tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post3704562863833958136..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Why Indians celebrate July 4thRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-17130768599672208022012-07-07T20:56:44.534-07:002012-07-07T20:56:44.534-07:00DMARKS,
How many murderous dictatorships has the...DMARKS, <br /><br />How many murderous dictatorships has the US installed or supported?<br /><br />Let's count my paranoid conspiracy theory "such as the US support for dictators"<br /> <br />Chile Gen. Augusto Pinochet 1973-1990 3000 murdered. 400,000 tortured.<br /> <br />Argentina Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla 1976-1981 30,000 murdered. <br /> <br />Indonesia Suharto 1965 coup against left-leaning Sukarno, <br />1975 support of East Timor genocide <br /> 500,000 dead after 1965 coup; 100,000-230,000 dead in East Timor; <br /> <br />Guatemala Armas, Fuentes, Montt 1954- <br /><br />Iran The Shah of Iran <br /> Ayatollah Khomeini was on the CIA payroll in the 1970s in Paris <br />Egypt Sadat, Mubarak <br /><br />1978-today <br />Iraq Saddam Hussein <br />Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza & sons 1937-1979 <br />Paraguay Stroessner. US supported throughout (state.gov says US has supported Paraguayan development since 1942) ($142M between 1962 and 1975) 1954-1989 <br />Bolivia Col. Hugo Banzer overthrew elected leftist president Juan Jose Torres 1970- <br />Angola Jonas Savimbi/UNITA (didn't actually win his revolution, but killed or displaced millions) 1975-1989 <br />Zaire Mobutu <br />Saudi Arabia Saud family <br />Kuwait a monarchy <br />Morocco <br />Tunisia <br />Algeria <br />Jordan <br />Panama Noriega was US-supported for years <br />Haiti Papa Doc, Baby Doc <br />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 <br />Honduras <br />El Salvador 1980s <br />Nepal monarchy since 1948 <br />Cuba Fulgencio Batista pre-Castro <br />Brazil Gen. Branco overthrew elected president Goulart with US support 1965-67 <br />Uzbekistan Kamirov "The Boiler", $150M from the Bush administration for an air base. 1965-67Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-58038051846733618442012-07-07T14:32:26.646-07:002012-07-07T14:32:26.646-07:00Good points other than the paranoid conspiracy the...Good points other than the paranoid conspiracy theory "such as the US support for dictators in third world nations for political and economic gains; wars and military actions for corporate profits and energy companies powers here and abroad." which has little resemblance to reality and actual history of the past 70 or so years.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85563311368934829292012-07-07T10:20:19.939-07:002012-07-07T10:20:19.939-07:00I think it important to understand what Americans ...I think it important to understand what Americans deem independence on the 4th of July as opposed to buying into the wholesale historical myth that ALL Americans were born free of oppression and racial equality, which to date, has yet to be fulfilled. Even the ability to vote in national, state and sometimes tribal elections, is met with resistance and outright denial, so where people celebrate America as being the greatest nation on earth rings shallow and false as a politicians campaign speech. Fireworks is the lamest, juvenile reasoning for holding a holiday up on the 4th when other cultures, such as the Chinese (whom helped invent fireworks), have celebrations year round.<br /><br />In the actual document, the Declaration of Independence, the phrase:<br /><br />"He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."<br /><br />should be held into account for where Indians stood on this declaration of oppression against the King of England. Obviously us "Indian savages" did not master the art of destruction as our foreign masters have, so we can conclude whom the real savages are? <br /><br />Interesting facts like the words UNITED STATES is not in the document and Jefferson was not happy with slavery being edited out by request of the delegates from South Carolina and Georgia. Jefferson (himself a slave owner!) remained upset about this removal of the condemnation of slavery until his death.<br /><br />Americans should accept that their freedoms and independence were/are soley dependent upon the slavery, genocide and oppression of others before they truly believe just how free they are with current issues such as the US support for dictators in third world nations for political and economic gains; wars and military actions for corporate profits and energy companies powers here and abroad. These realities still exists here on Indian lands and on foreign soils, its just interesting to see which tribal, state and foreign leaders profit from these sacred cows and dogs of war! Happy Independence Day America!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com