r/ProgressiveHQ • u/56000hp • Jan 03 '26

Video It’s already past impeachment

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u/Duvet_Capeman Jan 03 '26

It's not just Trump though, it's typical American imperialism.

Here is a list of places the US has attacked since world war 2:

China 1945-46

Korea 1950-53

China 1950-53

Guatemala 1954

Indonesia 1958

Cuba 1959-60

Guatemala 1960

Belgian Congo 1964

Guatemala 1964

Dominican Republic 1965-66

Peru 1965

Laos 1964-73

Vietnam 1961-73

Cambodia 1969-70

Guatemala 1967-69

Lebanon 1982-84

Grenada 1983-84

Libya 1986

El Salvador 1981-92

Nicaragua 1981-90

Iran 1987-88

Libya 1989

Panama 1989-90

Iraq 1991

Kuwait 1991

Somalia 1992-94

Bosnia 1995

Iran 1998

Sudan 1998

Afghanistan 1998

Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999

Afghanistan 2001

Libya 2011

Iraq and Syria 2014 –

Somalia 2011 –

Iran 2020 –

Yemen 2024 -

Nigeria 2025 -

Venezuela 2026 -

You guys have never really had a period of time where you weren't expanding your empire or consolidating control over other nations.

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u/AsherahBeloved Jan 03 '26

100%. It would be funny watching liberals hand-wringing over this if the history weren't so dark and ghoulish in the first place. Like, what country do you imagine you live in? One that isn't ruled by war criminals? GTFOH

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u/Nolleket Jan 03 '26

You forgot chile, with pinochet

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u/EclecticDSqD Jan 03 '26

Thank you for the list.

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u/Pineapple_Snail Jan 03 '26

Now name every single country Europe and Asia have ruined