Brutkey

Kevin Karhan :verified:
@kkarhan@infosec.space

@threetails@mastodon.social @Redfuchs@furries.club not really.

In fact, it was counterproductive to Langley's efforts as they prefered to have existing stable regimes buttered up with US military aid.
I mean, look at #Morocco's illegal sand wall (with US military tech to detect intruders and antipersonnel landmines from the #USA) in it's occupied #WesternSahara and #Egypt's military.

The #ArabSpring started in the outskirts of #ElAaiún…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdeim_Izik_protest_camp

Vixen News
@threetails@mastodon.social

@kkarhan@infosec.space @Redfuchs@furries.club The former CIA director ADMITTED that the Obama administration believed the Arab Spring would be a positive movement for democracy and ended up being an opportunity for Al Qaeda and Daesh. He didn't admit to helping but when the CIA sees a revolution as potentially helpful, they tend to get involved.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/5/17/arab-spring-was-really-a-spring-for-al-qaeda

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@threetails@mastodon.social

@kkarhan@infosec.space @Redfuchs@furries.club Also yeah, probably a good thing it didn't catch on in Europe. It would have been an easy opening for fascists. You can't build democracy from a few weeks of chaos.

Kevin Karhan :verified:
@kkarhan@infosec.space

@threetails@mastodon.social @Redfuchs@furries.club point is in Europe people don't usually get their livelyhood criminalized and pushed to suicide by autocrats.
Okay, exceptions do exist, but as we know from "Rules for Rulers" most people come to the conclusion: "The math says no" when it comes to doing a coup.