Reagan got what he had coming. Gun Running, overthrowing goverments and running the country into the ground as he attacked the middle class of america. It was fitting that he almost died of a gunshot.
Peace.
That raises an interesting question in that just what is our national history when is comes to backing coups and other forms of overthrows upon sovereign peoples?
1893: With the aid of U.S. Marines, U.S. Department of State Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii, John L. Stevens backs businessmen of native and foreign nationality in a coup that deposes Queen Lili'uokalani.
1898: Wilmington Insurrection of 1898
1953: United States/U.K. coup in Iran codenamed Operation Ajax, against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq. The coup launched 25 years of dictatorship under Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, who relied heavily on U.S. support to hold on to power until the Shah himself was overthrown in February 1979.
1954:
(1)In Guatemala, the democratically-elected government of Coronel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was ousted by Coronel Carlos Castillo Armas in an operation organized by the American Central Intelligence Agency codenamed Operation PBSUCCESS.[8]
(2) Military coup in Paraguay with U.S. support.
1955: A counter-coup in Brazil led by Marshal Lott with U.S. support overthrown the two-days-long legal government of Carlos Luz and prevents a coup against the elected president Juscelino Kubitschek.
1958: Following failed attempts by American-trained air-force pilots in Venezuela to overthrow Marcos Perez Jimenez by bombing his palace, student riots broke out in Caracas. After three weeks of protests, the military removed Jimenez and installed Wolfgang Larrazábal, commander of the Venezuelan Navy.
1963: Military coup in South Vietnam, overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem with U.S. support
1977: Military coup in Pakistan with U.S. support. Army Chief Gen. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrows the civilian government and hangs Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1979 after a sham trial.
1979: Attempted coup in Iran, backed by the US to overthrow Interim government which came to power after the Iranian Revolution
1983: Military coup in Grenada by Hudson Austin and counter-coup and invasion with U.S. support.
1991: In Haiti the U.S.-backed armed group FRAPH oust democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a military coup d'état in September 1991. Aristide is replaced with a military junta led by Raoul Cédras until U.S. President Clinton orders Aristide's return to resume his mandate as president.
2004: The 2004 Haiti rebellion was a coup d'état that happened after conflicts that occurred for several weeks in Haiti during February 2004. It resulted in the premature end of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's second term, in which he left Haiti on a American plane accompanied by U.S. military/security personnel. Controversy remains regarding the involvement of the U.S. in his departure and whether or not the departure was voluntary. Aristide described his departure as a kidnapping. An interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue and President Boniface Alexandre was installed.
2007: An alleged coup attempt by General Vang Pao and others in the United States to overthrow the Laotian government is foiled.
Now these are just a drop in the bucket when you consider the larger list and I'm certain the bloody fingerprints of American Dark Shadows would be found in numerous other overthrows if one were honest and did a little research on the matter. One would also have to admit that regardless of political party or from a left/right, conservative/liberal perspective, the guilty show no signs of evading anyone within that arena!
