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> Tens of billions of dollars are spent on propaganda, misinformation, sponsorship of civil disturbances, activist NGO's, etc.

Only one item here really is explicitly illegal/immoral. Can you guess which one? How much evidence is there for US doing it?




I thought they were all bad - according to the U.S itself when it is the target of such activities at the minutest level.

There is a lot of evidence, including open statements made by ex-CIA directors, published books by former military/intelligence agents, de-classified documents, news articles, interviews of EU ministers, etc. But most Americans hold your position - that direct or covert U.S. interference in other nation's affairs is completely fine. The only thing I complain about is the sanctimonious hypocrisy when actions reflect back.




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