Bombing To Liberate

04/04/2003

 

Question: In how many instances of the US bombing a country since the second world war did a democratic government, respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?

Hint: Here is a list of countries the US has bombed since the second world war and before Iraq in 2003 (compiled by historian William Blum):

 

 

    China 1945-46

    Korea 1950-53

    China 1950-53

    Guatemala 1954

    Indonesia 1958

    Cuba 1959-60

    Guatemala 1960

    Congo 1964

    Peru 1965

    Laos 1964-73

    Vietnam 1961-73

    Cambodia 1969-70

    Guatemala 1967-69

    Grenada 1983

    Libya 1986

    El Salvador 1980s

    Nicaragua 1980s

    Panama 1989

    Iraq 1991-99

    Sudan 1998

    Afghanistan 1998

    Yugoslavia 1999

    Afghanistan 2001-

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