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Stephen Kinzer on Regime Changes

The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan are fresh in our memories.  However, the list doesn’t end there, invasions and overthrows are more common than we think, stretching from Panama to Kosovo.   The United States has long held the view that the world is mess and we need to “fix it.”  But do we really know what’s best for the rest of the world, or even have the means to change it effectively?