Dear Friend, Here's a benign definition of coup: "A brilliantly executed stratagem; a triumph." Here are a couple of examples: Abortion Rights Activists Get Another Win In Ohio States Are Banning Anti-Union "Captive Audience" Meetings Here's another definition of coup: "A coup d'état; unlawful seizure of power from a government." Only Donald Trump's attempted U.S. coup gets much mention in corporate media, but coups promoted by the U.S. or carried out by troops trained by the U.S. are common around the world. Here's one of the latest: U.S. Wanted Imran Khan Out In Pakistan Over Ukraine Neutrality Here's a related coup for the military-industrial complex that quietly took over the U.S. government sometime back: The NDAA Puts Us On The Path To A $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget Despite already breaking records on military spending, and despite polling from CNN showing a majority in the U.S. against sending more military money to Ukraine, there's also this: Biden Plans To Ask Congress For Yet More Ukraine War Money What for? Regime change in Russia is the end goal . . . unless a nuclear war comes first |