The_Walrus wrote:
roronoa79 wrote:
Remember when the CIA helped oust Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam back in 1975? America sure doesn't want Australia to remember that little incident. That's what you get when you don't bow to US foreign policy!
Oi!
The worst form of imperialism is when Americans try to take credit for British achiements.
My understanding was it was a joint CIA/MI6 thing.
The UK wasn't about to tolerate their colony thinking and acting for itself. And the US wasn't about to let their most reliable ally in the region do anything except support them unconditionally.
_________________
Diagnoses: AS, Depression, General & Social Anxiety
I guess I just wasn't made for these times.
- Brian Wilson
Δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν.
Those with power do what their power permits, and the weak can only acquiesce.
- Thucydides