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2016 Postmortem

guillaumeb

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1. And the US as well has been involved in elections.

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 05:12 PM

Dec 2016

The US interfered in Greece after the war,
deposed a President in Iran,
incited a coup in Chile,
tried to depose the Sandinistas,
constantly interfered in Cuban affairs.
Intervened in Haiti,
And numerous other incidents.

On this topic, I posted this recently:
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i think the gop is fine with the focus on russian involvement in the election [View all] unblock Dec 2016 OP

And the US as well has been involved in elections. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Twice you used forms of "meddle" which just serves to "normalize" an act of war. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #2

which is that? unblock Dec 2016 #3

Iva Toguri (Tokyo Rose) was convicted of treason and later pardoned. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #4

Accepting slimy electoral help isn't good giving aid and comfort unblock Dec 2016 #7

I assume the goverment knows more than we do about what happened. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #8

WTF? janx Dec 2016 #5

you disagree? unblock Dec 2016 #11

When was the last time a foreign power meddled in US elections? red dog 1 Dec 2016 #6

oh, that's not remotely true. unblock Dec 2016 #9

first google item under "foreign interference in us elections": unblock Dec 2016 #10

Yep. ucrdem Dec 2016 #12

Great point. Either which way Hillary won flamingdem Dec 2016 #13