It would be difficult to name a single brutal dictatorship of the second half of the 20th Century that was not supported by the United States
William Blum
William Blum was an American author and historian. He was a critic of United States foreign policy.
William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam.
He then became one of the founders and editors of the Washington Free Press, the first “alternative” newspaper in the capital.
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Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning.…
