If you had the power, what countries would you back coups in?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Her'es the first couple on my list:

Signapore: a country that outlaws gum and has ultra-right wing economic policies. And according to Freedom House, is less free than the right wing's least favorite person, Hugo Chavez. Hypocrites. This country needs a socialist takeover fast.

Brunei: Another southeast Asia hellhole, ruled by an absolute monarch who hoards wealth, abuses women, and puts in more ultra-right wing economic policies. Get some hardline leftists in and this asshole out.

Saudi Arabia: Maybe Bush can actually deal with countries that support terrorism, even if the royal family happen to be friends of his. Anyone linked to those creeps is useless my view. So we need a government which removes those creeps, cracks down on Wahhabiism and terrorism and respects women.

If only I were CIA head...

[Richard]

I would ignore them.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

hey, at least that'd make you better than than whoever was in charge during Nixon and Reagan's terms.

[Richard]

hey, at least that'd make you better than than whoever was in charge during Nixon and Reagan's terms.

Thank you.  Maybe one day I will end up being head of the CIA.

[AuH2O]

I would only overthrow occupation governments.

Canada
Germany
China
South Africa
maybe some others

[ATFFL]

And to think the loon still says he is not a Stalinist.

I now see he is right, he would rather be Stalin than support him.

[DanielX]

Only about 1/4 of the World... depends on who the coupsters are, though.

some examples:
Iran
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Sudan
Cuba
North Korea
China
Vietnam
Laos
Belarus
Maybe Pakistan or Venezuela (if the groups doing it are clearly on the 'pro-US' side of the fence).

[WalterMitty]

i would support coups in all of the fourth rate hellholes across the world...

cuba, north korea, venezuela and syria probably top the list.

[bullmoose88]

Iran, North Korea, Utah...kidding about that last one...I think.

[Tory]

Equitorial Guinea
Zimbabwe
Syria
Iran
North Korea
Venezuela
Cuba
Vietnam
Brazil
Laos
Sudan
Libya

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And to think the loon still says he is not a Stalinist.

I now see he is right, he would rather be Stalin than support him.

so Reagan and Nixon are Stalinist?

I thought everyone wants to get rid of corrupt regimes.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This was an interesting thread with the recent discussion.

Some additions:

China (and they better pull out of Tibet once the regime falls!)
Iran
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
Sudan
Myanamar
North Korea (get a real leftist like Da Silva or Chavez in instead of that lunatic. Even a Castro would be better)
Syria (go PKK!)
Turkey (go PKK!)
and depending on soon to come events possibly Iraq. Allawi is just another Baathist thug

[Gabu]

I would only overthrow occupation governments.

Canada
Germany
China
South Africa
maybe some others

I didn't realize that Canada had been occupied.

[Jake]

Iran, DPRK, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, South Africa, Venezuela, Burma, Vietnam, Sudan.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think everyone saying Pakistan doesn't realize there isn't really anyone much better who can take over.

Musharraf is an unelected dictator yes, but he's not as bad as far as those go. He's one of the most moderate Muslim leaders, assisted in defeating the Taliban, and is probably less corrupt than the last two Pakistani presidents, who while democratically elected were extremely corrupt and kleptocratic. There are a few Pakistani students at my university, and from what I've heard most Pakistanis have a fairly high opinion of him. I just hope doesn't go down the despot path.

[The Duke]

Iran, Cuba, Venezuela.

Pick a few important ones and make it work.

Cuba and Venezuela because we need to rid the hemisphere of communist dictators.

Iran because it would be the one Islamic country that this would almost certainly work.

[phk]

Iran will be fertile ground for communism; the youth are very anti-religion.

[The Duke]

Iran will be fertile ground for communism; the youth are very anti-religion.

Ando fo course, being anti-religion means you're more socialist, right KEmp?  Oh, wait.

And they're not anti-religion, just anti-radicalism.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Her'es the first couple on my list:

I'd support a coup in Singapore or Saudi Arabia. I never hear anything about Brunei, so I'm not too familiar with them.

I think I'd support a coup in any Saudi-style theocracy or in a right-wing police state like North Korea. And certainly a few other countries.

[Erc]

Let's see...

Ye olde "outposts of Tyranny":

Iran
North Korea
Cuba
Belarus
Zimbabwe
Burma

Plus...
Turkmenistan
Venezuela
Syria
Laos
Saudi Arabia (as long as it's a secret coup)
Three Random African Backwaters
and Germany.

[Erc]

I think I'd support a coup in any Saudi-style theocracy or in a right-wing police state like North Korea. And certainly a few other countries.

Remember, ye loyal members of the proletariat, Stalin is a reactionary tool of the capitalists.  Do not submit to his corruption of the dialectic!

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Iran
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Sudan
Cuba
North Korea
China
Vietnam
Laos
Belarus
Maybe Pakistan or Venezuela (if the groups doing it are clearly on the 'pro-US' side of the fence).

Iran and Sudan, yes.

Cuba, no. Fidel is doing a much better job running his country than Bush is.

Venezuela, definitely not. The U.S. needs some of the same type of reforms Chavez has enacted.

[opebo]

Every theocracy needs its own Attaturk!

[Alcon]

Iran will be fertile ground for communism; the youth are very anti-religion.

Ando fo course, being anti-religion means you're more socialist, right KEmp?  Oh, wait.

And they're not anti-religion, just anti-radicalism.

...KEmp?

I agree with your choices, though, in any case.

[WMS]

Well, if it was doable, here's a few more I don't think anybody has mentioned yet:

Libya (yeah, he's all cozy with the West now, but...)
Azerbaijan (" " " ")
Egypt (" " " ")
Eritrea (take a look - they went downhill pretty fast)
Swaziland (absolute monarchies are SO 18th century)
Bhutan (" " " ")
Cameroon (see Eritrea, but for even longer)
Congo-Kinshasa (actually, just make them a UN protectorate, since nothing else has ever worked there)
United Arab Emirates (don't forget about them)
Tajikistan (don't forget about them, either)
Togo (someone just shoot the dictator already, huh?)
Maldives (" " " ")
Mauritania (" " " ")
Kazakhstan (" " " ")
Kyrgyzstan (" " " ")
Guniea (" " " ")
Chad (" " " ")
Central African Republic (" " " ")
Cambodia (" " " ")

There's probably more...