Geopolitical Economy Report

Secret CIA report on Syria reveals US plan to overthrow Assad government... in 1986!


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The United States spent decades trying to overthrow the Syrian government, before succeeding in 2024. A declassified CIA document from 1986 outlined US plans for regime change. The blueprint was almost exactly what happened in the proxy war that started in 2011. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKXxKCm1psU
How the US military supported the Syrian rebel offensive that toppled the Assad government: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/23/us-military-syria-rebels-assad/
Topics
0:00 Overthrow of Syrian government
0:38 CIA document from 1986
2:25 CIA exploited religious sectarianism
3:58 Installing a pro-Israel regime
5:17 Arab nationalist government had "grudging respect"
5:57 Syria's state-led economic model
7:11 Rebels pledge neoliberal shock therapy
8:09 Muslim Brotherhood
9:45 US wanted "business-oriented" regime
10:43 Proxy war on Syria
12:15 Outro
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