Yale, professor of history. The End of the Myth, Kissinger’s Shadow, The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia, among others. https://t.co/Ew45wYCDch
Nov 11, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
pro tip 1: there has never been a coup in Latin America where the president being overthrown wasn't, um, "problematic." (yes, not even Allende)
pro tip 2: there has never been a coup in Latin America that didn't have some degree of popular support (ie, not linked to CIA or international capital) . (yes, not even the one against Arbenz, or the two against Aristide, or Zelaya, Lugo -- remember him?).
Oct 7, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Lest anyone think Trump's sacrifice of the Kurds is exceptional, here's a bit from Kissinger's Shadow: "In the early 1970s, Kissinger had plotted with the Shah of Iran to destabilize Baathist Iraq by supporting the Kurds, providing them with weapons (supplied by Israel so as 1/6
not to alert the State Department) to wage an insurgent war for independence in northern Iraq. Kissinger didn’t expect the Kurds to triumph. He often complained about the unworkable size of the United Nations and the last thing he wanted was yet another member state ... 2/6
