Friendly Western Allies

Many of the world's most repressive dictators are friends of America. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to Corporate US interests. Traditional dictators seize control through force, while constitutional dictators hold office through voting fraud or severely restricted elections, these are frequently puppets and apologists for the military juntas which control the ballot boxes. In any case, none have been democratically elected but hold power because of a buffer minority population who are the elite surrogate who also benefit by keeping their nations in bondage.

They are undemocratic allies often rising to power through bloody CIA-backed coups that rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training from the CIA and the Pentagon "School of the Americas" in Ft Benning Georgia. US military aid and weapons strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power. Unwavering "anti-communism" is the facade they use while repressing their citizens, permitting American Corporations to exploit their countries' natural resources and cheap labor. They accomplish this through people like early 1900's US Major General Smedley Butler who said "War is a racket."

They usually grow rich, while their countries' economies deteriorate and the majority of their people live in poverty. US tax dollars and US-backed loans have made billionaires of some, while others are international drug dealers who also collect CIA paychecks. Rarely are they called to account for their crimes. And rarely still, is the US government held responsible for supporting and protecting some of the worst human rights violators in the world.