The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

"This is a global phenomenon," said the assessment. "Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective."

A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[+] -10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Yeah, only we can do that! Like we did, since the 20th century:

Not to mention:

That time we meddled with Ukraine's elections The general plan to stop democratic elections in Latin America

The Banana Republics Where we got so off scot free, there's a chain of stores named after it. It's like if Iraq had a chain of stores called 9/11 Appeal. The Consistent and non-stop murdering of Filipinos who wanted freedom from Spain and America

And this isn't even getting into pre-1990's with Hawaii and the mass genocide of Native Americans, or the internal fucking with elections like COINTELPRO murdering Black Panthers and MLK, and the CIA secretly using network stations and the internet to spread propaganda.

But it's good when we do it, so that makes it okay. Please don't ask use to apologize or forgive debts. We can't even keep a promise with any native american tribes, let alone foreign nations.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Still just whataboutism. Both things can be bad.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I only clicked one link but I strongly support shit like this so idk what your problem is

    With President Truman's approval and support from Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the CIA put together a secret air supply network that shipped weapons and supplies to General Li Mi's forces in Mong Hsat from Thailand. The first shipments started in early 1951, when unmarked C-46 and C-47 aircraft were making at least five parachute drops a week. By late 1951, the KMT repaired the old airstrip at Mong Hsat constructed by the Allied forces during World War II. The enlarged airstrip could handle large four-engine aircraft and allowed the KMT troops to obtain newly manufactured American weapons from Taiwan. CIA advisers also accompanied the KMT army in the Yunnan invasion in May 1951, and some of them were killed during the offensive.[8]

    Providing aid to those fighting communism is always a good thing

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah and that's same idea as Russia invading Eastern Europe to stomp on anything they don't want. "Invading to aid in my ideology is good and legal, invading for anything else is bad and a war crime."

    America invading to stop communism is bad, the soviets invading to stop capitalism is bad.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Any more recent or even current examples?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know about you, but I think the Afghan invasion we pulled out of in 2021 is a current example.

    How about the time our government tried to coup Bolivia in 2020? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/silence-us-backed-coup-evo-morales-bolivia-american-states

    And let's not forget our current backing of Israel bombing civilians of the Gaza strip and Palestine, no matter who's in charge of the oval office.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine being so drunk on bullshit that you think the Afghanistan invasion was

    A) CIA-led

    B) a bad idea

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