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Declassified CIA report on Syria reveals US was already making plans to overthrow Assad government... in 1986! (www.youtube.com)

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[–] RedClouds@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Those CIA declassified articles always shock the hell out of Liberals.

them: but Stalin was a dictator!

me: Stalin wasn't a dictator, the CIA said so.

them: NO WAY

me:

them: ... but.... but.....

me: Okay you sit on that new info for awhile. Took me awhile to come to terms with these things too

Doesn't always work though, they never have a good response, they just don't always "get it". Usually we'll be talking later and they'll go back to their old habits and I have to remind them that no... no no, that's wrong...

Cognitive Dissonance is painful for sure.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The best part is that even if you get them to accept that the west has done heinous things in the past, they will absolutely refuse to extrapolate that similar types of things are happening today.

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If someone is always late to something how useful are they? Leftist politics (virtually nonexistent), especially in the west, has to bypass the fact that liberals will never have the correct opinion in time, almost as if they benefit from their ignorance (a lot of times feigned ignorance).

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Completely agree, in general I think that the demographic communists should focus on are the people who are just falling out of liberal mainstream and who haven't formed strong political opinions of their own.

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yep. The self proclaimed liberals are usually too far gone. The juxtaposition of people's stances on Iran's treatment of women and minorities vs jolanis treatment of women and minorities tells you all you need to know about people that declare their liberalism. The people to be convinced are the ones that were just liberals because of the poltiical currents.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Exactly, liberals have made it crystal clear that they have absolutely no principles.

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense. U.S was prolly tryna do this, to 'help' Iraq, when US and Iraq were 'allied'.

[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At the time, Iraq was closer to the USSR

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah close but Syria was close too.

[–] FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Link to document: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP86T01017R000100770001-5.pdf

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: