Historically, in order for any country to be a stable US client state, it does not only have to remain obedient, it must also remain weak. As soon as the client state approaches a capability for independence and economic sovereignty, it is immediately re-categorized as an enemy.
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You can see from what the Communist Party is trying to do in Tur…
You can see from what the Communist Party is trying to do in Turkey, the ineffectiveness, and indeed, the counter-productivity, of the strategy of sporadic violent attacks as a method for inciting widespread social revolution. These tactics alienate the population, they do not win their support or prompt them to rise up against the state….