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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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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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