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Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders
(theintercept.com)
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Honestly, the consistency of the US Trained Officer --> Successful Coup pipeline is impressive, if nothing else.
The numbers are pretty meaningless without total numbers.
E.g. if it's 70 out 1,000,000 it's a different scenario than 70 out of 100.
And also some context would be nice: historical context - were coup attempts a continuous theme before us or this new? Any other nations getting involved in training in their facilities, and their outcomes?
Of course Pentagon's silence is deafening but it's probably to be expected if no good (for them) would come out of it.
The people are possibly more relevant than the amount that got trained. After his training in America Sisi did a coup in 2013 and is now the president of Egypt running a brutal dictatorship.
He receives 1 billion dollars a year from America in weapons to surpress his people. The guy really loves israel too. All very convenient.
This is just one of the more obvious links, but America overthrowing governments in Africa and the Middle East is extremely common if their current president does something that goes against American interests.