debunking BadEmpanada's "Is the USA a Force for Good in the World?"
1. 0:36 Well da... obviously on thecountry that is known as the strongest and most influential people will think it is potentially more threatens peace... (1/2)
1. 0:36 Well da... obviously on thecountry that is known as the strongest and most influential people will think it is potentially more threatens peace... (1/2)
1.(Continued) It says nothing about what they think about America's policies. In fact, most people in the vast majority of world countries have favorable opinions about the US.
pewresearch.org/global/2013/07…
pewresearch.org/global/2013/07…
2. 0:59 yea. after 500 alleged revolutionaries (including two Americans) were executed
3. 1:10 there is no evidence that the US threatened invasion if they did not slaughter workers. Only the US tried to protect American citizens in the area.
"i have the honor" It's just a formal way of talking to his supreme. not mean that he is proud of this incident
"i have the honor" It's just a formal way of talking to his supreme. not mean that he is proud of this incident
4. 1:30 Arnulfo Arias was the President of Panama during World War II. He was an overt fascist and regarded as pro-Axis by the Allies
He refused to let them build more military bases against the Nazis...
He refused to let them build more military bases against the Nazis...
5. 1:47 The US and USSR both intervened in the Italian elections to aid their sides. The United States only got involved due to the fact the USSR intervened whose aim, unmentioned in this academic literature was to incorporate Western Europe into Stalin’s satellite system.
8. 2:10 "Tens of thousands"?! According to all available sources, the Shah (who was already in power before the coup) was responsible for the deaths of perhaps 300 political opponents
9.(1\2) 2:20 A lot has been made of assertion that Jocobo Arbenz was “democratically elected” in 1951 — often overlooking the fact that his opponent was assassinated shortly before the election by a man driving a car belonging to Arbenz’s wife...
9. (2\2) His land reform, designed by the Communist Party, was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which he then purged. His regime openly praised Stalin,
he received arms from the Soviet bloc. He killed hundreds of opponents.
he received arms from the Soviet bloc. He killed hundreds of opponents.
10. 2:30 again, not "tens of thousands" after that came a government that had to deal with Cuban and Soviet intervention...
11.3:00 If you bothered to read the entire quote you would realize that he is complaining about the lack of options for Vietnamese beacuse "lack of leadership"...
they did not "invade", they were invited by the South Vietnamese government because of the North Vietnamese invasion
they did not "invade", they were invited by the South Vietnamese government because of the North Vietnamese invasion
12. 3:24 transcripts of communications between Lincoln Gordon and the US government show that, predicting an all-out civil war, and with the opportunity to get rid of a left wing communist government in Brazil. In any case,American intervention was minimal and marginal
13. 3:37 this is bullshit, the Americans put free elections after that. They came to protect other American and foreign citizens
15. 4:10 Juan José Torres was not elected in a democratic election...
16. (1\2) 4:25 There is no hard evidence of direct U.S. assistance to the coup, despite frequent allegations of such aid. Rather the US by its previous actions , its existing general posture of opposition to Allende, and the nature of its contacts with the Chilean military
16 (2\2) Marxist leader Salvador Allende, not Henry Kissinger, was formally condemned by Chile’s parliament for destroying democracy in Chile. Claims that
Kissinger instigated the 1973 military coup have been repeatedly debunked
commentarymagazine.com/articles/mark-…
Kissinger instigated the 1973 military coup have been repeatedly debunked
commentarymagazine.com/articles/mark-…
18. 5:10 The US didn’t support Operation Condor or the Dirty War in Argentina. See the Argentina Declassification Project
intel.gov/argentina-decl…
intel.gov/argentina-decl…
19. 5:18 noop
20. 5:37 In El Salvador, the US supported the centrist Christian Democrats, who were targets of death squads.The Carter Administration repeatedly intervened to
prevent right-wing coups. The Reagan Administration repeatedly threatened aid suspensions to halt right-wing atrocities
prevent right-wing coups. The Reagan Administration repeatedly threatened aid suspensions to halt right-wing atrocities
21. 5:50 WTF? the Bush administration followed the international community in denouncing the military coup, calling for a restoration of democracy. President Bill Clinton, with the support of the United Nations, pressured the coup regime to step down.
22. 6:12 Or about 9\11 and a murderous dictator...
23. 6:13 Or the Afghan government said the Taliban was around...
24. Because under the dictator terrorist-sponsor Gaddafi...
25.mmm... not realy...
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26. 6:30
27. 6:40 This list is bullshit, it includes countries without a stable government like Afghanistan and Libya and countries the US has come out against like Uganda
28. The rest.
Maybe you should learn history not just through the red narrative...
Maybe you should learn history not just through the red narrative...
In conclusion. Which country do you think has contributed most to freedom in the last century?
