Geopolitical Economy Report
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton
Secret CIA report on Syria reveals US plan to overthrow Assad government... in 1986!
12 minutes Posted Dec 30, 2024 at 12:00 am.
Overthrow of Syrian government
CIA document from 1986
CIA exploited religious sectarianism
Installing a pro-Israel regime
Arab nationalist government had "grudging respect"
Syria's state-led economic model
Rebels pledge neoliberal shock therapy
Muslim Brotherhood
US wanted "business-oriented" regime
Proxy war on Syria
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The United States spent decades trying to overthrow the Syrian government, before succeeding in 2024. A declassified CIA document from 1986 outlined US plans for regime change. The blueprint was almost exactly what happened in the proxy war that started in 2011. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKXxKCm1psU
How the US military supported the Syrian rebel offensive that toppled the Assad government: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/23/us-military-syria-rebels-assad/
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