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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson

Guerrilla History

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Syria, a Plaything in the Cold War

By the time they left in the 19 forties, syria could no longer play that kind of role that i had played in 19 20. It became a plaything in the cold war between proxies of the soviet union and the united states. An attempt to restore democracy in the 19 50 since seria failed because nato troops lined up against a left-of-centre coalition. So it is not surprising that syria remains the kind of football in proxy wars down to to day.

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