The article I read talked about the US's secret involvement in Pakistan, and how we are training militants how to hunt down suspected terrorists. I was not surprised at all by this article considering that the US has intervened in foreign countries much worse in the past. For example, we have been training Latin Americans for the last 50 years to fight any government or political party that the US did not approve of. In the 1960s we supported and funded the overthrow of the democratically elected government in El Salvidor. In the 1980s we orchestrated the overthrow of Nicaragua's socialist government that was liked by the people. In the process, we trained the contras that committed several human rights violations and massacres of innocent Nicaraguans. Also we orchestrated the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in the 1960s.
Forcing revolutions and meddling in foreign countries who do not want it is unacceptable when both America and Che do it. If the people of a country want a revolution or a new government, let it come from that country, not an outside source.
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