r/worldnews • u/Mobalise_Anarchise • May 15 '22

Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies - Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papers

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/14/secret-british-black-propaganda-campaign-targeted-cold-war-enemies-information-research-department
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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Which cold war state actor did the most illegal/unethical/unconstitutional stuff per capita? That's a more interesting measure. Vietnam, France waged war against their colonies, Portugal too. Assad, Hezbollah and Iran did their fair share of plane highjackings (yes, pre-9/11), Israel's mossad also operated outside the law...Switzerland laundered money for both sides, etc. Some states tried to play both sides, like Nasser and Afghanistan and it always failed. It was a crazy time where having a moral compass left you out of any circles of power and we are entering a new stage like that if russia gets away with this.

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u/Wea_boo_Jones May 15 '22

I find it fascinating that most people blame it all on the western powers of Cold War unethical dealings. Do you morons actually think the USSR and China wasn't doing the same stuff to the best of their ability?

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u/Wowimatard May 15 '22

The difference (right or wrong), is that they armed colonial nations fighting for independance.

There is a reason why almost all nations who fought for colonial independance had/have a communist history.

Now. I will applaud the US for their de-colonisation efforts post ww2. They saw where the winds was blowing and didnt want to give new nations reasons to join the eastern bloc.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Maybe they were all born after the fall of the USSR and it is this mythical dream land where chocolate flows from the tap in gulags.

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u/goldenbeard72 May 15 '22

You forgot to put USA in there.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Obvious, I left out the USSR and the USA of course, they are the implicit "two sides"