Ep. 5121 – Daniel McAdams on America’s Own CIA-backed Coup – 11/15/2019

Daniel McAdams talks with Scott about some of the unintended—or maybe not so unintended—consequences of America’s support for regime change revolutions all over the world. These include powerful drug cartels, the rise of regimes that are more extreme and violent than the ones they replaced, and immigration crises and terrorism that can come back to directly affect America and its allies. Not only is the current impeachment inquiry into Ukraine a direct result of the Obama administration’s backing of Ukraine’s revolution in 2014, it’s also a domestic example of the very same process our government has tried to encourage in other countries, says McAdams. That is, instead of our CIA funding a cabal to overthrow a foreign country’s democratically elected leaders, today we see them doing it in our own country against President Trump.



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[zakichoudhary]

"We've become the banana republic"

[groupchat]

I really wish you would on some more lefty podcast or even some right podcast to boost your listenership.

[banderfargoyl]

A banana republic without the bananas. How sad.