VIRTUAL TRUTH COMMISSION

Virtual Truth Commission

1914 - 1939

1916 U. S. Military Interventions. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/1916-24/Troops/8-year Marine occupation. CUBA/1917-33/Troops/Military occupation, economic protectorate. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1917 U. S. Military Interventions. WORLD WAR I/1917-18/Naval, troops/Ships sunk, fought Germany for 1-1/2 years. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1918 U. S. Military Interventions: RUSSIA/1918-22/Naval, troops/Five landings to fight Bolsheviks. PANAMA/1918-20/Troops/"Police duty" during unrest after elections. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1919 U. S. Military Interventions: HONDURAS/1919/Troops/Marines land during election campaign. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1920 U. S. Military Interventions: GUATEMALA/1920/Troops/2-week intervention against unionists. WEST VIRGINIA/1920-21/Troops, bombing/Army intervenes against mineworkers. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1922 U. S. Military Interventions: TURKEY/l922/Troops/Fought nationalists in Smyma (Izmir). CHINA/1922-27/Naval, troops/Deployment during nationalist revolt. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1924 U.S. Military Interventions: HONDURAS/1924-25/Troops/Landed twice during election strife. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1925 U. S. Military Interventions: PANAMA/1925/Troops/Marines suppress general strike. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1928 U. S. Military Interventions: CHINA/1928-34/Troops/Marines stationed throughout the country. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1932 U. S. Military Interventions: EL SALVADOR/1932/Naval/Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt. WASHINGTON, D.C./1932/Troops/Army stops WWI vet bonus protest. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1940. In his remarkable confession just prior to his death in 1940, the infamous U.S. Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler set out his record of service to the corporations, a record that is being surpassed by the military-corporate complex of today. See article on Transnational Corporations

"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service," Smedley declared, "and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for big business, Wall Street, and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
"I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914.
I helped to make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank to collect revenues in.
I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street.
I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912.
I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916.
I helped to make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903.
In China in 1927, I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested."

1940 - 1946

1941 U. S. Military Interventions: WORLD WAR II/1941-45/Naval,troops, bombing, nuclear/Hawaii bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germany for 3 years; 1st nuclear war. S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1943 U. S. Military Interventions: DETROIT/1943/Troops/Army puts down Black rebellion. . S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

1945, Rise of the National Security State. U. S. intelligence "struck a secret deal with the devil...we hired Nazis as American spies." (Bill Moyers, The Secret Government). Communism was seen to be like a virus, capable of infecting anyone who came in contact with it. Up against such an enemy, an open democratic society was seen as a liability. Iran-Contra and Consistent Themes During the Cold War

1946 U. S. Military Interventions: IRAN/1946/Nuclear threat/Soviet troops told to leave north (Iranian Azerbaijan). YUGOSLAVIA/1946/Nuclear threat/Response to shooting-down of U.S. plane. . S. Brian Willson, "Who are the Real Terrorists?", citing several sources including William Blum, Killing Hope: U. S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Monroe, Maine: common Courage Press, 1995

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