America’s Role in Proxy Wars:  Bloodshed Without Accountability
EPIC WAR & CRIME STORIES
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.799', 'text': 'What if the wars we see on the news'}, {'start': '2.399', 'end': '7.200', 'text': "aren't what they seem? What if the real"}, {'start': '4.799', 'end': '9.679', 'text': "puppet master wasn't the rebel leader or"}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '13.040', 'text': 'the dictator or even the president on'}, {'start': '9.679', 'end': '16.160', 'text': 'TV? What if behind every uprising, every'}, {'start': '13.040', 'end': '19.199', 'text': 'coup, every civil war, was a silent'}, {'start': '16.160', 'end': '22.240', 'text': 'partner armed with money, weapons,'}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'spies, and an agenda. Welcome to the'}, {'start': '22.240', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'world of proxy wars, where America'}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '31.039', 'text': "doesn't just fight wars, it rents them,"}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '33.840', 'text': 'and the blood spilled. rarely their own.'}, {'start': '31.039', 'end': '36.800', 'text': 'But the consequences, they come back in'}, {'start': '33.840', 'end': '40.360', 'text': "ways no one sees coming. This isn't a"}, {'start': '36.800', 'end': '41.879', 'text': 'conspiracy theory. This is history.'}, {'start': '40.360', 'end': '45.120', 'text': 'Documented,'}, {'start': '41.879', 'end': '46.879', 'text': 'declassified, deliberate. In this video,'}, {'start': '45.120', 'end': '49.200', 'text': "we'll take you deep inside the shocking"}, {'start': '46.879', 'end': '51.520', 'text': 'role the United States has played, not'}, {'start': '49.200', 'end': '54.640', 'text': 'in direct wars, but in those waged by'}, {'start': '51.520', 'end': '58.719', 'text': 'others on their behalf. From Afghanistan'}, {'start': '54.640', 'end': '61.520', 'text': 'to Angola, Syria to Sudan, Ukraine to'}, {'start': '58.719', 'end': '64.680', 'text': "Yemen, we're about to uncover America's"}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '66.960', 'text': 'role in proxy wars. Bloodshed without'}, {'start': '64.680', 'end': '68.799', 'text': 'accountability. A proxy war is a'}, {'start': '66.960', 'end': '70.799', 'text': 'conflict where two powerful nations'}, {'start': '68.799', 'end': '73.119', 'text': "don't fight each other directly. They"}, {'start': '70.799', 'end': '75.600', 'text': 'use other countries, rebel groups, or'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '79.280', 'text': 'governments as proxies. Think of it as'}, {'start': '75.600', 'end': '83.040', 'text': 'war by remote control. Less risk, less'}, {'start': '79.280', 'end': '86.560', 'text': 'political fallout. More influence, more'}, {'start': '83.040', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'power for the US. Proxy wars offer a'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '92.159', 'text': 'seductive formula. Avoid direct combat'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'deaths of American troops. Influence'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '97.759', 'text': 'global regions without overt occupation.'}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '101.040', 'text': 'Destabilize enemies without declaring'}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '103.840', 'text': 'war. Expand military-industrial profits'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '106.759', 'text': "with plausible deniability. It's not"}, {'start': '103.840', 'end': '109.840', 'text': 'new. Empires have used proxies for'}, {'start': '106.759', 'end': '112.640', 'text': 'centuries, but modern America, they'}, {'start': '109.840', 'end': '115.000', 'text': 'turned it into a global playbook. During'}, {'start': '112.640', 'end': '117.360', 'text': 'the Cold War, this playbook went into'}, {'start': '115.000', 'end': '120.439', 'text': 'overdrive and the world became a'}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '124.840', 'text': 'battlefield of ideologies, profits, and'}, {'start': '120.439', 'end': '127.600', 'text': 'shadows. One, Korea 1950 to'}, {'start': '124.840', 'end': '130.879', 'text': "1953. America didn't declare war on"}, {'start': '127.600', 'end': '134.239', 'text': 'North Korea. It declared police action.'}, {'start': '130.879', 'end': '136.879', 'text': 'But make no mistake, it was war. The US'}, {'start': '134.239', 'end': '139.760', 'text': 'backed South Korea. The Soviets and'}, {'start': '136.879', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'Chinese backed North Korea. Over three'}, {'start': '139.760', 'end': '145.599', 'text': 'million lives lost. Yet the war never'}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '148.000', 'text': 'officially ended. Just a ceasefire. To'}, {'start': '145.599', 'end': '151.080', 'text': 'this day, the Korean Peninsula is one of'}, {'start': '148.000', 'end': '154.239', 'text': 'the most militarized zones on Earth. And'}, {'start': '151.080', 'end': '157.959', 'text': 'America still has nearly 30,000 troops'}, {'start': '154.239', 'end': '159.959', 'text': 'stationed in South Korea. Two. Vietnam'}, {'start': '157.959', 'end': '162.560', 'text': '1955 to'}, {'start': '159.959', 'end': '164.959', 'text': '1975. Before boots ever touched the'}, {'start': '162.560', 'end': '167.360', 'text': 'ground, America poured advisers,'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '170.080', 'text': 'weapons, and CIA money into South'}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '172.239', 'text': 'Vietnam. They were backing a proxy, the'}, {'start': '170.080', 'end': '174.720', 'text': 'South Vietnamese government, to stop the'}, {'start': '172.239', 'end': '178.000', 'text': 'spread of communism. But as the proxy'}, {'start': '174.720', 'end': '182.480', 'text': 'crumbled, the US was dragged indirectly.'}, {'start': '178.000', 'end': '185.280', 'text': 'The result, 58,000 American deaths, over'}, {'start': '182.480', 'end': '187.680', 'text': '1 million Vietnamese dead, and a bitter'}, {'start': '185.280', 'end': '191.640', 'text': 'reminder that proxy wars can spiral into'}, {'start': '187.680', 'end': '193.480', 'text': 'full-scale disasters. Three. Afghanistan'}, {'start': '191.640', 'end': '196.319', 'text': '1979 to'}, {'start': '193.480', 'end': '200.080', 'text': "1989. Now, here's where the real proxy"}, {'start': '196.319', 'end': '203.280', 'text': 'mastery happened. In 1979, the Soviet'}, {'start': '200.080', 'end': '206.239', 'text': 'Union invaded Afghanistan. The US saw'}, {'start': '203.280', 'end': '208.319', 'text': "its chance. Through the CIA's Operation"}, {'start': '206.239', 'end': '209.920', 'text': 'Cyclone, billions in weapons and'}, {'start': '208.319', 'end': '213.519', 'text': 'training were funneled to Islamist'}, {'start': '209.920', 'end': '216.640', 'text': 'fighters, the Mujahedin. Among them, a'}, {'start': '213.519', 'end': '218.799', 'text': 'wealthy Saudi named Osama bin Laden.'}, {'start': '216.640', 'end': '222.480', 'text': 'Yes, the same man who would later'}, {'start': '218.799', 'end': '225.920', 'text': 'mastermind 9/11. America armed him,'}, {'start': '222.480', 'end': '228.640', 'text': 'trained him, empowered him. The Soviets'}, {'start': '225.920', 'end': '232.599', 'text': 'eventually withdrew, but Afghanistan'}, {'start': '228.640', 'end': '237.840', 'text': 'descended into chaos. Civil War, Taliban'}, {'start': '232.599', 'end': '240.400', 'text': 'rise, al-Qaeda, the blowback, 911. A'}, {'start': '237.840', 'end': '242.879', 'text': 'proxy war that seemed like a win turned'}, {'start': '240.400', 'end': '245.599', 'text': "into America's longest war. Throughout"}, {'start': '242.879', 'end': '248.720', 'text': 'the 20th century, Latin America became a'}, {'start': '245.599', 'end': '251.159', 'text': 'bloody sandbox for US proxy experiments.'}, {'start': '248.720', 'end': '255.560', 'text': 'The doctrine stopped the spread of'}, {'start': '251.159', 'end': '258.959', 'text': 'socialism no matter the cost. Guatemala'}, {'start': '255.560', 'end': '260.959', 'text': '1954. In a covert CIA operation,'}, {'start': '258.959', 'end': '262.960', 'text': 'President Hakobo Arbenz, a'}, {'start': '260.959', 'end': '264.960', 'text': 'democratically elected leader, was'}, {'start': '262.960', 'end': '267.520', 'text': 'overthrown for nationalizing land owned'}, {'start': '264.960', 'end': '269.919', 'text': 'by the US-based United Fruit Company.'}, {'start': '267.520', 'end': '273.919', 'text': 'The US installed a brutal military'}, {'start': '269.919', 'end': '278.199', 'text': 'regime. The result, a 36-year civil war'}, {'start': '273.919', 'end': '281.120', 'text': 'and over 200,000 deaths. Chile,'}, {'start': '278.199', 'end': '283.440', 'text': '1973. Salvador Oende, another'}, {'start': '281.120', 'end': '285.440', 'text': 'democratically elected socialist, was'}, {'start': '283.440', 'end': '288.800', 'text': 'ousted in a bloody coup led by General'}, {'start': '285.440', 'end': '291.520', 'text': 'Austo Pinoet, backed by the CIA.'}, {'start': '288.800', 'end': '294.560', 'text': 'Thousands were tortured, disappeared, or'}, {'start': '291.520', 'end': '297.400', 'text': 'murdered. Pinoet ruled as a US-friendly'}, {'start': '294.560', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'dictator for nearly two decades.'}, {'start': '297.400', 'end': '302.160', 'text': 'Nicaragua 1980s. The Reagan'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '304.560', 'text': 'administration secretly funded the'}, {'start': '302.160', 'end': '307.039', 'text': 'Contras, a right-wing rebel group known'}, {'start': '304.560', 'end': '309.680', 'text': 'for atrocities, to overthrow the leftist'}, {'start': '307.039', 'end': '312.479', 'text': 'Sandinista government. Congress said no'}, {'start': '309.680', 'end': '314.800', 'text': 'to more funding. So, the US secretly'}, {'start': '312.479', 'end': '317.280', 'text': 'sold weapons to Iran and use the profits'}, {'start': '314.800', 'end': '320.720', 'text': "to arm the Contras. That's the Iran"}, {'start': '317.280', 'end': '323.680', 'text': 'Contra scandal. And yes, it was illegal.'}, {'start': '320.720', 'end': '326.080', 'text': 'El Salvador and Honduras. Military'}, {'start': '323.680', 'end': '328.479', 'text': 'regimes, death squads, and right-wing'}, {'start': '326.080', 'end': '330.199', 'text': 'militias, all armed and trained by the'}, {'start': '328.479', 'end': '333.800', 'text': 'US under the guise of fighting'}, {'start': '330.199', 'end': '336.320', 'text': 'communism. Mass graves, political'}, {'start': '333.800', 'end': '338.880', 'text': 'assassinations, children recruited into'}, {'start': '336.320', 'end': '341.199', 'text': 'paramilitary groups. Behind each of'}, {'start': '338.880', 'end': '344.000', 'text': 'these horrors, American dollars,'}, {'start': '341.199', 'end': '345.680', 'text': 'American weapons, American training. And'}, {'start': '344.000', 'end': '348.560', 'text': 'when migrants from these war torn'}, {'start': '345.680', 'end': '351.039', 'text': 'nations fled north to the US, they were'}, {'start': '348.560', 'end': '353.520', 'text': 'treated as criminals, not as victims of'}, {'start': '351.039', 'end': '355.440', 'text': 'policies we helped create. The Middle'}, {'start': '353.520', 'end': '358.320', 'text': 'East may be the most enduring hot spot'}, {'start': '355.440', 'end': '360.639', 'text': 'of US proxy engagement with layer upon'}, {'start': '358.320', 'end': '363.199', 'text': 'layer of betrayal, regime change, and'}, {'start': '360.639', 'end': '366.240', 'text': 'shifting allegiances. Downpointing red'}, {'start': '363.199', 'end': '368.960', 'text': 'triangle, Iran, 1953.'}, {'start': '366.240', 'end': '371.360', 'text': 'Long before the Islamic Revolution, Iran'}, {'start': '368.960', 'end': '373.680', 'text': 'had a secular democracy. But Prime'}, {'start': '371.360', 'end': '376.039', 'text': 'Minister Muhammad Mosedair nationalized'}, {'start': '373.680', 'end': '379.120', 'text': 'oil, threatening British and American'}, {'start': '376.039', 'end': '382.560', 'text': 'interests. So the CIA orchestrated a'}, {'start': '379.120', 'end': '384.880', 'text': 'coup. Mosedair was ousted. The Sha was'}, {'start': '382.560', 'end': '388.400', 'text': 'installed and ruled as a US puppet'}, {'start': '384.880', 'end': '390.960', 'text': 'dictator for 26 years. That coup created'}, {'start': '388.400', 'end': '394.639', 'text': 'deep anti-American resentment which led'}, {'start': '390.960', 'end': '397.840', 'text': 'to the 1979 Islamic revolution which led'}, {'start': '394.639', 'end': '402.880', 'text': 'to the US hostage crisis and the current'}, {'start': '397.840', 'end': '405.120', 'text': 'Iran US hostility. Iraq 1980s America'}, {'start': '402.880', 'end': '407.639', 'text': "backed Saddam Hussein during Iraq's war"}, {'start': '405.120', 'end': '410.639', 'text': 'with Iran even after he used chemical'}, {'start': '407.639', 'end': '413.840', 'text': 'weapons. Why? Because Iran was the'}, {'start': '410.639', 'end': '418.479', 'text': 'bigger threat and Saddam was our guy'}, {'start': '413.840', 'end': '422.160', 'text': "until he wasn't. Gulf War 1991 and Iraq"}, {'start': '418.479', 'end': '426.240', 'text': 'invasion 2003. Once Saddam invaded'}, {'start': '422.160', 'end': '428.080', 'text': 'Kuwait, the US turned on him. In 2003,'}, {'start': '426.240', 'end': '430.479', 'text': 'under the pretense of weapons of mass'}, {'start': '428.080', 'end': '433.840', 'text': 'destruction, which were never found, the'}, {'start': '430.479', 'end': '437.280', 'text': 'US invaded. That war destabilized the'}, {'start': '433.840', 'end': '442.080', 'text': 'entire region, created a power vacuum,'}, {'start': '437.280', 'end': '444.160', 'text': 'gave birth to ISIS. Syria 2011 present.'}, {'start': '442.080', 'end': '446.240', 'text': 'The US backed moderate rebels to'}, {'start': '444.160', 'end': '448.919', 'text': 'overthrow Bashar al-Assad during the'}, {'start': '446.240', 'end': '451.319', 'text': "Arab Spring. But the rebels weren't so"}, {'start': '448.919', 'end': '454.800', 'text': 'moderate. Some were aligned with'}, {'start': '451.319', 'end': '457.680', 'text': 'al-Qaeda. Others defected to ISIS. The'}, {'start': '454.800', 'end': '460.240', 'text': 'CIA spent over $1 billion on a secret'}, {'start': '457.680', 'end': '462.319', 'text': 'program to arm Syrian fighters, many of'}, {'start': '460.240', 'end': '465.759', 'text': 'whom would later be targeted by US'}, {'start': '462.319', 'end': '468.880', 'text': 'drones. Proxy war within a proxy war.'}, {'start': '465.759', 'end': '471.759', 'text': 'Meanwhile, millions displaced, hundreds'}, {'start': '468.880', 'end': '474.160', 'text': 'of thousands killed. Africa rarely makes'}, {'start': '471.759', 'end': '476.160', 'text': "front page news in the US, but it's been"}, {'start': '474.160', 'end': '481.000', 'text': 'a silent stage for American proxy'}, {'start': '476.160', 'end': '484.319', 'text': 'warfare for decades. Angola 1970s'}, {'start': '481.000', 'end': '486.800', 'text': '1980s. After Portugal left Angola, a'}, {'start': '484.319', 'end': '488.960', 'text': 'civil war broke out. The US and'}, {'start': '486.800', 'end': '491.759', 'text': 'apartheite South Africa backed one'}, {'start': '488.960', 'end': '495.759', 'text': 'faction. The Soviet Union and Cuba'}, {'start': '491.759', 'end': '499.360', 'text': 'backed another. The war lasted 27 years.'}, {'start': '495.759', 'end': '502.960', 'text': 'Over 500,000 people were killed. Why was'}, {'start': '499.360', 'end': '506.400', 'text': 'the US involved? Strategic minerals,'}, {'start': '502.960', 'end': '510.000', 'text': 'oil, and stopping Soviet influence.'}, {'start': '506.400', 'end': '512.399', 'text': 'Congo 1960. The first prime minister of'}, {'start': '510.000', 'end': '514.320', 'text': 'Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was a'}, {'start': '512.399', 'end': '517.640', 'text': 'nationalist who refused to be a western'}, {'start': '514.320', 'end': '521.039', 'text': 'puppet. The CIA helped orchestrate his'}, {'start': '517.640', 'end': '523.039', 'text': 'assassination. They installed Mabu CCo,'}, {'start': '521.039', 'end': '526.120', 'text': 'a dictator who looted the country for'}, {'start': '523.039', 'end': '530.000', 'text': 'decades, supported by American cash.'}, {'start': '526.120', 'end': '532.399', 'text': 'Somalia, Libya, Sudan. The US has'}, {'start': '530.000', 'end': '535.040', 'text': 'launched drone strikes, funded rebels,'}, {'start': '532.399', 'end': '537.519', 'text': 'armed militias, and supported warlords,'}, {'start': '535.040', 'end': '539.920', 'text': 'often in secret. Private military'}, {'start': '537.519', 'end': '542.200', 'text': 'contractors like Blackwater have'}, {'start': '539.920', 'end': '545.480', 'text': 'operated in countries with virtually no'}, {'start': '542.200', 'end': '548.720', 'text': 'oversight. The goals: strategic'}, {'start': '545.480', 'end': '551.279', 'text': 'influence, resource control, military'}, {'start': '548.720', 'end': '553.720', 'text': 'testing grounds, but the cost has been'}, {'start': '551.279', 'end': '556.240', 'text': 'massive civilian suffering and no'}, {'start': '553.720', 'end': '558.560', 'text': "accountability. Proxy wars aren't just"}, {'start': '556.240', 'end': '561.360', 'text': "about ideology. They're also about"}, {'start': '558.560', 'end': '564.120', 'text': 'money. The US defense industry is a'}, {'start': '561.360', 'end': '567.519', 'text': 'trillion dollar empire. Every missile'}, {'start': '564.120', 'end': '570.160', 'text': 'fired, every tank shipped, every rebel'}, {'start': '567.519', 'end': '573.440', 'text': 'group armed means profits for companies'}, {'start': '570.160', 'end': '575.920', 'text': 'like Loheed Martin, Rathon, Boeing, and'}, {'start': '573.440', 'end': '578.640', 'text': 'Northrup Grumman. Congress members who'}, {'start': '575.920', 'end': '581.519', 'text': 'vote for more aid to conflict zones'}, {'start': '578.640', 'end': '583.920', 'text': 'often own stock in these very companies.'}, {'start': '581.519', 'end': '586.240', 'text': "And since proxy wars don't require US"}, {'start': '583.920', 'end': '589.200', 'text': 'troop deployments, they face less public'}, {'start': '586.240', 'end': '591.680', 'text': 'scrutiny and more political convenience.'}, {'start': '589.200', 'end': '594.480', 'text': 'The war economy thrives not on peace,'}, {'start': '591.680', 'end': '597.600', 'text': 'but on perpetual conflict. And when one'}, {'start': '594.480', 'end': '599.480', 'text': 'war ends, another is always waiting.'}, {'start': '597.600', 'end': '603.000', 'text': "That's another Tilda"}, {'start': '599.480', 'end': '606.720', 'text': '1500 words toward the 200,000 character'}, {'start': '603.000', 'end': '610.080', 'text': 'target. Next up, part three, chapters 8'}, {'start': '606.720', 'end': '612.080', 'text': 'to 11. CIA coups, civilian cost,'}, {'start': '610.080', 'end': '614.560', 'text': 'blowback, and modern conflicts like'}, {'start': '612.080', 'end': '617.200', 'text': 'Ukraine and Yemen. Would you like me to'}, {'start': '614.560', 'end': '620.640', 'text': 'continue with that next massive chunk?'}, {'start': '617.200', 'end': '624.720', 'text': 'For you said, continue with that next'}, {'start': '620.640', 'end': '626.640', 'text': 'massive chunk. Chat GPT said, "Great.'}, {'start': '624.720', 'end': '629.760', 'text': "Here's part three of the long- form"}, {'start': '626.640', 'end': '632.640', 'text': 'script for if war is diplomacy by other'}, {'start': '629.760', 'end': '634.560', 'text': 'means, the CIA is how the US fights'}, {'start': '632.640', 'end': '637.680', 'text': 'without fingerprints." Since its'}, {'start': '634.560', 'end': '639.839', 'text': 'founding in 1947, the CIA has been the'}, {'start': '637.680', 'end': '642.480', 'text': 'invisible hand behind dozens of proxy'}, {'start': '639.839', 'end': '644.800', 'text': 'conflicts, assassinations, regime'}, {'start': '642.480', 'end': '647.600', 'text': 'changes, and clandestine operations that'}, {'start': '644.800', 'end': '650.880', 'text': 'rarely make headlines. No declarations'}, {'start': '647.600', 'end': '654.600', 'text': 'of war, no troops on the ground, just'}, {'start': '650.880', 'end': '657.079', 'text': 'briefcases of cash, puppet leaders, and'}, {'start': '654.600', 'end': '658.600', 'text': 'destabilization. Operation Arjucks,'}, {'start': '657.079', 'end': '662.000', 'text': 'Iran,'}, {'start': '658.600', 'end': '665.120', 'text': '1953. We already touched on it, but it'}, {'start': '662.000', 'end': '667.959', 'text': "was the CIA's first major coup, and it"}, {'start': '665.120', 'end': '670.320', 'text': 'worked. Mosedair was painted as a'}, {'start': '667.959', 'end': '673.920', 'text': 'communist. Propaganda spread through'}, {'start': '670.320', 'end': '676.880', 'text': 'Iranian newspapers written by the CIA.'}, {'start': '673.920', 'end': '680.399', 'text': 'Bribed protesters staged chaos. The'}, {'start': '676.880', 'end': '682.720', 'text': 'military stepped in. The sha took power.'}, {'start': '680.399', 'end': '687.560', 'text': 'All because Mosedair threatened Western'}, {'start': '682.720', 'end': '690.880', 'text': 'oil profits. Operation PBS, Guatemala,'}, {'start': '687.560', 'end': '692.680', 'text': '1954. Another textbook. CIA regime'}, {'start': '690.880', 'end': '696.320', 'text': 'change. The'}, {'start': '692.680', 'end': '698.839', 'text': 'justification, communism, the reality,'}, {'start': '696.320', 'end': '702.480', 'text': 'land reforms that threatened US business'}, {'start': '698.839', 'end': '705.120', 'text': 'interests. The CIA used a tiny CIA'}, {'start': '702.480', 'end': '708.440', 'text': 'trained rebel force, radio propaganda,'}, {'start': '705.120', 'end': '711.839', 'text': 'and fake reports of an invasion. Arbenz'}, {'start': '708.440', 'end': '713.240', 'text': 'resigned. A dictatorship took over. The'}, {'start': '711.839', 'end': '716.240', 'text': 'Congo'}, {'start': '713.240', 'end': '718.880', 'text': '1960 Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was'}, {'start': '716.240', 'end': '721.920', 'text': 'seen as too friendly with the Soviets.'}, {'start': '718.880', 'end': '724.640', 'text': 'The CIA plotted his assassination, even'}, {'start': '721.920', 'end': '727.040', 'text': 'considering poisoning his toothpaste. He'}, {'start': '724.640', 'end': '731.399', 'text': 'was eventually captured, tortured, and'}, {'start': '727.040', 'end': '734.800', 'text': 'murdered with CIA complicity. Chile,'}, {'start': '731.399', 'end': '737.519', 'text': '1973. The CIA funneled millions to anti-'}, {'start': '734.800', 'end': '741.120', 'text': 'Yende groups. They sabotaged the'}, {'start': '737.519', 'end': '744.480', 'text': 'economy, created strikes, destabilized'}, {'start': '741.120', 'end': '747.279', 'text': 'the country. The result, a US-friendly'}, {'start': '744.480', 'end': '749.680', 'text': 'dictatorship under Pinoet, and decades'}, {'start': '747.279', 'end': '753.040', 'text': "of repression. But here's the chilling"}, {'start': '749.680', 'end': '755.600', 'text': "truth. The CIA's classified black budget"}, {'start': '753.040', 'end': '759.120', 'text': 'runs into billions. And Congress often'}, {'start': '755.600', 'end': '761.360', 'text': "doesn't know or ask where it goes. This"}, {'start': '759.120', 'end': '763.519', 'text': 'means America can wage proxy wars'}, {'start': '761.360', 'end': '765.760', 'text': 'without legal approval or democratic'}, {'start': '763.519', 'end': '769.120', 'text': "oversight. And that's not foreign"}, {'start': '765.760', 'end': '771.519', 'text': "policy. That's imperialism in disguise."}, {'start': '769.120', 'end': '774.560', 'text': 'For every geopolitical win America'}, {'start': '771.519', 'end': '777.920', 'text': 'claims in proxy wars, there are cities'}, {'start': '774.560', 'end': '780.600', 'text': 'reduced to rubble, hospitals bombed,'}, {'start': '777.920', 'end': '784.240', 'text': 'markets turned into morgs, and the'}, {'start': '780.600', 'end': '787.800', 'text': "victims almost always civilians. Let's"}, {'start': '784.240', 'end': '792.720', 'text': 'look at some brutal numbers. Afghanistan'}, {'start': '787.800', 'end': '795.760', 'text': '1979 to 2021, over 2.4 4 million deaths,'}, {'start': '792.720', 'end': '801.120', 'text': 'civilian and military combined, 6'}, {'start': '795.760', 'end': '803.680', 'text': 'million refugees. Iraq 2003 to 2021,'}, {'start': '801.120', 'end': '806.560', 'text': 'over 1 million civilians dead, according'}, {'start': '803.680', 'end': '809.519', 'text': 'to some estimates, widespread birth'}, {'start': '806.560', 'end': '813.480', 'text': 'defects from depleted uranium munitions.'}, {'start': '809.519', 'end': '816.720', 'text': 'Vietnam and Cambodia 1955 to'}, {'start': '813.480', 'end': '819.519', 'text': '1975. Over 3 million Southeast Asians'}, {'start': '816.720', 'end': '822.880', 'text': 'killed. Entire villages wiped out by'}, {'start': '819.519', 'end': '826.680', 'text': 'Napam and Agent Orange. Generations born'}, {'start': '822.880', 'end': '830.680', 'text': 'with severe deformities. Syria 2011'}, {'start': '826.680', 'end': '834.040', 'text': 'present. Over 500,000 dead. Chemical'}, {'start': '830.680', 'end': '837.839', 'text': 'attacks, barrel bombs, starvation'}, {'start': '834.040', 'end': '840.199', 'text': 'sieges. All while America, Russia, Iran,'}, {'start': '837.839', 'end': '844.560', 'text': 'Turkey, and others treat it like a proxy'}, {'start': '840.199', 'end': '846.880', 'text': 'chessboard. Yemen 2015. Present. The US'}, {'start': '844.560', 'end': '849.920', 'text': 'backed Saudi Arabia with weapons,'}, {'start': '846.880', 'end': '852.440', 'text': 'intelligence, and refueling. The Saudis'}, {'start': '849.920', 'end': '855.680', 'text': 'bombed weddings, school buses,'}, {'start': '852.440', 'end': '858.800', 'text': 'hospitals. Over 85,000 children dead'}, {'start': '855.680', 'end': '861.040', 'text': 'from starvation. And yet, when reporters'}, {'start': '858.800', 'end': '863.440', 'text': 'ask about civilian deaths, American'}, {'start': '861.040', 'end': '866.760', 'text': "officials deflect. We're working with"}, {'start': '863.440', 'end': '869.720', 'text': "our partners. We're ensuring"}, {'start': '866.760', 'end': '871.920', 'text': 'accountability. Collateral damage is'}, {'start': '869.720', 'end': '873.839', 'text': "unfortunate. But what if it's not an"}, {'start': '871.920', 'end': '876.639', 'text': "accident? It's the cost of doing"}, {'start': '873.839', 'end': '879.680', 'text': 'business. Proxy wars shift the burden of'}, {'start': '876.639', 'end': '882.240', 'text': 'death away from US soldiers and onto the'}, {'start': '879.680', 'end': '885.600', 'text': 'backs of foreign civilians. Out of'}, {'start': '882.240', 'end': '888.160', 'text': 'sight, out of mind until the blowback'}, {'start': '885.600', 'end': '891.440', 'text': "comes home. Here's the dirty secret"}, {'start': '888.160', 'end': '894.279', 'text': 'about proxy wars. The same people the US'}, {'start': '891.440', 'end': '898.079', 'text': 'arms today often become enemies'}, {'start': '894.279', 'end': '900.720', 'text': 'tomorrow. Afghanistan, Mujahedin. The'}, {'start': '898.079', 'end': '903.360', 'text': 'CIA trained and funded Islamist fighters'}, {'start': '900.720', 'end': '906.160', 'text': 'to fight the Soviets. Those fighters'}, {'start': '903.360', 'end': '908.800', 'text': 'morphed into the Taliban and al-Qaeda.'}, {'start': '906.160', 'end': '911.279', 'text': 'Osama bin Laden, once an asset in the'}, {'start': '908.800', 'end': '914.480', 'text': "CIA's antis-siet efforts, became"}, {'start': '911.279', 'end': '917.880', 'text': "America's most wanted terrorist. Result:"}, {'start': '914.480', 'end': '921.240', 'text': '9/11 and the longest war in US history.'}, {'start': '917.880', 'end': '923.839', 'text': 'Iraq. After disbanding the Iraqi army in'}, {'start': '921.240', 'end': '926.320', 'text': '2003, many Sunny officers joined'}, {'start': '923.839', 'end': '930.079', 'text': 'insurgent groups. These groups would'}, {'start': '926.320', 'end': '932.480', 'text': 'later evolve into ISIS. Syria weapons'}, {'start': '930.079', 'end': '935.680', 'text': 'supplied to moderate Syrian rebels ended'}, {'start': '932.480', 'end': '940.000', 'text': 'up in the hands of extremists. Entire US'}, {'start': '935.680', 'end': '942.560', 'text': 'backed units defected. Libya 2011. The'}, {'start': '940.000', 'end': '946.560', 'text': 'US helped overthrow Gaddafi through NATO'}, {'start': '942.560', 'end': '949.360', 'text': 'and CIA support to rebels. The result, a'}, {'start': '946.560', 'end': '952.440', 'text': 'power vacuum, open slave markets, and a'}, {'start': '949.360', 'end': '955.519', 'text': 'civil war that rages to this day. Latin'}, {'start': '952.440', 'end': '957.759', 'text': 'America, contras, death squads, and'}, {'start': '955.519', 'end': '960.560', 'text': 'military junters funded by the US now'}, {'start': '957.759', 'end': '963.079', 'text': 'form the roots of violent drug cartels.'}, {'start': '960.560', 'end': '965.680', 'text': 'So why does the US keep making the same'}, {'start': '963.079', 'end': '968.759', 'text': 'mistakes? Because in the short term,'}, {'start': '965.680', 'end': '971.920', 'text': 'proxy wars work. They destabilize'}, {'start': '968.759', 'end': '974.399', 'text': 'enemies, protect corporate interests,'}, {'start': '971.920', 'end': '976.639', 'text': 'feed the war economy, but in the long'}, {'start': '974.399', 'end': '979.920', 'text': 'run, they create enemies that last'}, {'start': '976.639', 'end': '982.399', 'text': "generations. Let's fast forward to today"}, {'start': '979.920', 'end': '986.880', 'text': "because proxy wars haven't stopped."}, {'start': '982.399', 'end': '989.360', 'text': "They've evolved. Ukraine 2022 present."}, {'start': '986.880', 'end': '992.079', 'text': 'When Russia invaded Ukraine, the US'}, {'start': '989.360', 'end': '994.560', 'text': 'responded with billions in aid, weapons,'}, {'start': '992.079', 'end': '997.360', 'text': 'and intelligence. While not officially'}, {'start': '994.560', 'end': '1000.279', 'text': 'at war, the US is deeply embedded in'}, {'start': '997.360', 'end': '1003.839', 'text': "Ukraine's defense. High-tech missile"}, {'start': '1000.279', 'end': '1006.399', 'text': 'systems, satellite surveillance, CIA'}, {'start': '1003.839', 'end': '1009.040', 'text': "training. Some say it's a righteous"}, {'start': '1006.399', 'end': '1011.440', 'text': "stand for democracy. Others say it's a"}, {'start': '1009.040', 'end': '1016.000', 'text': 'new cold war fought through Ukrainian'}, {'start': '1011.440', 'end': '1018.160', 'text': 'bodies. Yemen 2015 present. The US has'}, {'start': '1016.000', 'end': '1020.920', 'text': "supported Saudi Arabia's brutal air"}, {'start': '1018.160', 'end': '1023.680', 'text': 'campaign against Houthy rebels. This'}, {'start': '1020.920', 'end': '1026.959', 'text': 'includes midair refueling for Saudi'}, {'start': '1023.680', 'end': '1029.760', 'text': 'jets, precisiong guided munitions,'}, {'start': '1026.959', 'end': '1032.959', 'text': 'intelligence sharing. The war has killed'}, {'start': '1029.760', 'end': '1035.520', 'text': 'over 400,000 people, mostly from hunger'}, {'start': '1032.959', 'end': '1037.199', 'text': 'and preventable disease. Human rights'}, {'start': '1035.520', 'end': '1040.480', 'text': "groups call it the world's worst"}, {'start': '1037.199', 'end': '1044.319', 'text': 'humanitarian crisis. And yet, the arm'}, {'start': '1040.480', 'end': '1046.240', 'text': 'sales continue. Taiwan and China. The US'}, {'start': '1044.319', 'end': '1048.160', 'text': "doesn't openly support Taiwanese"}, {'start': '1046.240', 'end': '1050.000', 'text': 'independence, but it does sell them'}, {'start': '1048.160', 'end': '1053.200', 'text': 'advanced weapons and trains their'}, {'start': '1050.000', 'end': '1056.160', 'text': 'forces. If China invades, will the US'}, {'start': '1053.200', 'end': '1060.640', 'text': 'fight directly or back Taiwan in a'}, {'start': '1056.160', 'end': '1062.960', 'text': 'massive Pacific proxy war? Africa 2020s.'}, {'start': '1060.640', 'end': '1066.400', 'text': 'The US has deployed special forces to'}, {'start': '1062.960', 'end': '1069.600', 'text': 'Somalia, Niger, and Burkina Faso, often'}, {'start': '1066.400', 'end': '1073.280', 'text': 'without public debate. Drone strikes,'}, {'start': '1069.600', 'end': '1074.679', 'text': 'training programs, secret bases, the'}, {'start': '1073.280', 'end': '1076.480', 'text': 'goal,'}, {'start': '1074.679', 'end': '1079.039', 'text': 'counterterrorism. But to local'}, {'start': '1076.480', 'end': '1081.760', 'text': 'populations, it often feels like another'}, {'start': '1079.039', 'end': '1084.720', 'text': "foreign occupation. Let's strip away the"}, {'start': '1081.760', 'end': '1087.960', 'text': 'patriotic wrapping and ask, who actually'}, {'start': '1084.720', 'end': '1091.200', 'text': 'benefits from these proxy wars? Not the'}, {'start': '1087.960', 'end': '1094.120', 'text': 'soldiers, not the civilians, not even'}, {'start': '1091.200', 'end': '1098.760', 'text': 'the taxpayers footing the bill. The real'}, {'start': '1094.120', 'end': '1100.480', 'text': 'winners, defense contractors, lobbyists,'}, {'start': '1098.760', 'end': '1102.720', 'text': 'shareholders. Welcome to the'}, {'start': '1100.480', 'end': '1105.039', 'text': 'military-industrial complex, a term'}, {'start': '1102.720', 'end': '1108.160', 'text': 'coined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower'}, {'start': '1105.039', 'end': '1110.640', 'text': 'in his farewell address in 1961. He'}, {'start': '1108.160', 'end': '1112.720', 'text': 'warned, "In the councils of government,'}, {'start': '1110.640', 'end': '1114.679', 'text': 'we must guard against the acquisition of'}, {'start': '1112.720', 'end': '1116.960', 'text': 'unwarranted influence by the'}, {'start': '1114.679', 'end': '1118.880', 'text': 'military-industrial complex." the'}, {'start': '1116.960', 'end': '1122.160', 'text': 'potential for the disastrous rise of'}, {'start': '1118.880', 'end': '1125.440', 'text': 'misplaced power exists and will persist.'}, {'start': '1122.160', 'end': '1128.480', 'text': "And he was right. Here's how it works."}, {'start': '1125.440', 'end': '1130.559', 'text': 'Conflict emerges or is manufactured.'}, {'start': '1128.480', 'end': '1133.440', 'text': 'Weapons manufacturers like Loheed'}, {'start': '1130.559', 'end': '1135.760', 'text': 'Martin, Rathon, Boeing, and Northrup'}, {'start': '1133.440', 'end': '1138.320', 'text': 'Grumman lobby Congress. Congress'}, {'start': '1135.760', 'end': '1141.440', 'text': 'approves massive defense budgets.'}, {'start': '1138.320', 'end': '1143.679', 'text': 'Defense contractors make record profits.'}, {'start': '1141.440', 'end': '1146.480', 'text': 'Retired generals and officials are given'}, {'start': '1143.679', 'end': '1149.919', 'text': "board seats and contracts. It's a cycle"}, {'start': '1146.480', 'end': '1154.640', 'text': 'of war, wealth, and zero accountability.'}, {'start': '1149.919', 'end': '1157.320', 'text': 'Just look at 2022 to 2024. Rathon saw a'}, {'start': '1154.640', 'end': '1160.080', 'text': '25% jump in missile orders due to'}, {'start': '1157.320', 'end': '1162.559', 'text': "Ukraine. Loheed Martin's stock hit"}, {'start': '1160.080', 'end': '1165.120', 'text': 'all-time highs. Congress passed the'}, {'start': '1162.559', 'end': '1169.760', 'text': 'largest defense budget in US history,'}, {'start': '1165.120', 'end': '1172.559', 'text': 'over $858 billion. Meanwhile, schools'}, {'start': '1169.760', 'end': '1175.160', 'text': 'remain underfunded. Health care is'}, {'start': '1172.559', 'end': '1177.520', 'text': 'broken. Homeless veterans sleep on'}, {'start': '1175.160', 'end': '1181.440', 'text': "streets. But there's always money for"}, {'start': '1177.520', 'end': '1184.160', 'text': 'war. Always. Because in America, war is'}, {'start': '1181.440', 'end': '1187.039', 'text': "no longer a tragic necessity. It's a"}, {'start': '1184.160', 'end': '1189.039', 'text': 'permanent industry. Every now and then,'}, {'start': '1187.039', 'end': '1191.360', 'text': 'someone inside the machine dares to'}, {'start': '1189.039', 'end': '1194.880', 'text': "speak. And when they do, they're"}, {'start': '1191.360', 'end': '1198.080', 'text': 'silenced or destroyed. Daniel Ellburg,'}, {'start': '1194.880', 'end': '1200.640', 'text': 'Pentagon Papers. He exposed how the US'}, {'start': '1198.080', 'end': '1202.720', 'text': 'government lied about the Vietnam War.'}, {'start': '1200.640', 'end': '1204.440', 'text': 'Nixon tried to have him smeared,'}, {'start': '1202.720', 'end': '1206.480', 'text': 'arrested, even'}, {'start': '1204.440', 'end': '1208.880', 'text': 'institutionalized. The Supreme Court'}, {'start': '1206.480', 'end': '1212.400', 'text': 'ruled in his favor, but the system never'}, {'start': '1208.880', 'end': '1214.559', 'text': 'forgave him. Edward Snowden. He exposed'}, {'start': '1212.400', 'end': '1217.520', 'text': "the NSA's illegal surveillance of"}, {'start': '1214.559', 'end': '1219.679', 'text': 'American citizens and global allies. He'}, {'start': '1217.520', 'end': '1221.520', 'text': "didn't flee because he was guilty. He"}, {'start': '1219.679', 'end': '1224.559', 'text': 'fled because he knew the machine would'}, {'start': '1221.520', 'end': '1226.640', 'text': 'crush him. Chelsea Manning. She leaked'}, {'start': '1224.559', 'end': '1229.440', 'text': 'videos of US air strikes killing'}, {'start': '1226.640', 'end': '1231.440', 'text': 'civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. She'}, {'start': '1229.440', 'end': '1233.760', 'text': 'was imprisoned, placed in solitary'}, {'start': '1231.440', 'end': '1237.760', 'text': 'confinement, and denied basic human'}, {'start': '1233.760', 'end': '1239.600', 'text': 'rights. John Kiryaku, CIA officer who'}, {'start': '1237.760', 'end': '1242.120', 'text': 'confirmed the use of torture,'}, {'start': '1239.600', 'end': '1244.240', 'text': 'specifically waterboarding, during'}, {'start': '1242.120', 'end': '1247.840', 'text': "interrogations. He didn't torture"}, {'start': '1244.240', 'end': '1251.520', 'text': 'anyone. He exposed it. Guess who went to'}, {'start': '1247.840', 'end': '1253.919', 'text': 'jail? Not the torturers. Him. In'}, {'start': '1251.520', 'end': '1257.120', 'text': 'America, you can bomb a hospital and'}, {'start': '1253.919', 'end': '1260.240', 'text': 'keep your job, but reveal the truth.'}, {'start': '1257.120', 'end': '1263.640', 'text': "That's treason. Why? Because truth"}, {'start': '1260.240', 'end': '1266.240', 'text': 'threatens power and proxy wars thrive in'}, {'start': '1263.640', 'end': '1269.400', 'text': "shadows. Sometimes wars aren't just"}, {'start': '1266.240', 'end': '1271.000', 'text': 'hidden, they manufactured. Gulf of'}, {'start': '1269.400', 'end': '1273.919', 'text': 'Tonkin,'}, {'start': '1271.000', 'end': '1275.760', 'text': '1964. President Lindon B. Johnson told'}, {'start': '1273.919', 'end': '1278.880', 'text': 'the nation that North Vietnam had'}, {'start': '1275.760', 'end': '1282.080', 'text': 'attacked US ships. This event justified'}, {'start': '1278.880', 'end': '1283.840', 'text': 'escalating the Vietnam War. Later, it'}, {'start': '1282.080', 'end': '1286.880', 'text': 'was revealed the attack either never'}, {'start': '1283.840', 'end': '1290.640', 'text': 'happened or was severely misrepresented.'}, {'start': '1286.880', 'end': '1292.640', 'text': 'Weapons of mass destruction. Iraq 2003.'}, {'start': '1290.640', 'end': '1295.039', 'text': 'The Bush administration told the world'}, {'start': '1292.640', 'end': '1298.559', 'text': 'Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons and'}, {'start': '1295.039', 'end': '1300.400', 'text': 'ties to al-Qaeda. Neither claim held up,'}, {'start': '1298.559', 'end': '1302.720', 'text': 'but the lie led to an invasion that'}, {'start': '1300.400', 'end': '1306.520', 'text': 'killed over 1 million and destabilized'}, {'start': '1302.720', 'end': '1309.360', 'text': 'the region for decades. Syrian red line'}, {'start': '1306.520', 'end': '1311.600', 'text': '2013. Chemical attacks occurred, but'}, {'start': '1309.360', 'end': '1315.200', 'text': 'attribution remains disputed to this'}, {'start': '1311.600', 'end': '1318.720', 'text': 'day. Did Assad do it? or rebels seeking'}, {'start': '1315.200', 'end': '1322.240', 'text': 'to draw the US in. The result, air'}, {'start': '1318.720', 'end': '1324.880', 'text': 'strikes, proxy escalation, and chaos.'}, {'start': '1322.240', 'end': '1327.600', 'text': "False flags don't require fake enemies,"}, {'start': '1324.880', 'end': '1330.640', 'text': 'just fake reasons. Public opinion is'}, {'start': '1327.600', 'end': '1333.679', 'text': 'easily swayed when fear is high. All it'}, {'start': '1330.640', 'end': '1336.880', 'text': 'takes is a single televised incident, a'}, {'start': '1333.679', 'end': '1340.400', 'text': 'burning embassy, a downed plane, a'}, {'start': '1336.880', 'end': '1342.320', 'text': 'smoking gun. Then the war drums beat and'}, {'start': '1340.400', 'end': '1345.720', 'text': 'facts get buried beneath flags and'}, {'start': '1342.320', 'end': '1349.000', 'text': "anthems. America's proxy wars don't stay"}, {'start': '1345.720', 'end': '1352.120', 'text': 'overseas. They mutate. They'}, {'start': '1349.000', 'end': '1354.880', 'text': 'metastasize. They return as terror'}, {'start': '1352.120', 'end': '1357.360', 'text': "attacks. 9/11 wasn't just an act of"}, {'start': '1354.880', 'end': '1360.039', 'text': 'evil. It was blowback from decades of'}, {'start': '1357.360', 'end': '1363.679', 'text': 'Middle East intervention. Refugee'}, {'start': '1360.039', 'end': '1366.000', 'text': 'crisis. Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan, and'}, {'start': '1363.679', 'end': '1368.960', 'text': 'Libyan refugees flooded Europe and the'}, {'start': '1366.000', 'end': '1372.159', 'text': 'US. Right-wing populism surged in'}, {'start': '1368.960', 'end': '1374.400', 'text': 'response. Economic collapse. Trillions'}, {'start': '1372.159', 'end': '1377.200', 'text': 'spent abroad meant less investment at'}, {'start': '1374.400', 'end': '1381.000', 'text': 'home. Infrastructure crumbled.'}, {'start': '1377.200', 'end': '1384.960', 'text': 'Inequality soared. Moral decay. Drone'}, {'start': '1381.000', 'end': '1387.840', 'text': 'strikes. Torture. Secret prisons. When'}, {'start': '1384.960', 'end': '1391.520', 'text': 'you abandon your values abroad, you lose'}, {'start': '1387.840', 'end': '1393.840', 'text': 'them at home, too. And worst of all, the'}, {'start': '1391.520', 'end': '1396.400', 'text': 'next generation of proxy fighters'}, {'start': '1393.840', 'end': '1399.200', 'text': 'already forming. Every bomb dropped'}, {'start': '1396.400', 'end': '1402.080', 'text': 'creates another orphan. Every sanctioned'}, {'start': '1399.200', 'end': '1405.200', 'text': 'country breeds resentment. Every covert'}, {'start': '1402.080', 'end': '1407.679', 'text': 'op makes America a little less safe. You'}, {'start': '1405.200', 'end': '1410.559', 'text': "can't bomb your way to peace. But you"}, {'start': '1407.679', 'end': '1414.000', 'text': 'can profit from pretending. America is'}, {'start': '1410.559', 'end': '1416.600', 'text': 'addicted to its own myth. The liberator,'}, {'start': '1414.000', 'end': '1419.360', 'text': 'the peacekeeper, the defender of'}, {'start': '1416.600', 'end': '1422.080', 'text': "democracy. But democracy can't be spread"}, {'start': '1419.360', 'end': '1425.120', 'text': "with cluster bombs. Freedom doesn't come"}, {'start': '1422.080', 'end': '1427.360', 'text': 'from forced regime change. If Russia had'}, {'start': '1425.120', 'end': '1430.559', 'text': 'done in Venezuela what America did in'}, {'start': '1427.360', 'end': '1433.280', 'text': 'Iraq, if China trained rebels in Florida'}, {'start': '1430.559', 'end': '1434.760', 'text': 'like the CIA did in Syria, would we'}, {'start': '1433.280', 'end': '1437.840', 'text': 'still call it'}, {'start': '1434.760', 'end': '1440.559', 'text': 'liberation? Of course not. Because when'}, {'start': '1437.840', 'end': '1443.679', 'text': "other countries do it, it's aggression."}, {'start': '1440.559', 'end': '1446.640', 'text': "When we do it, it's geopolitics. This"}, {'start': '1443.679', 'end': '1449.520', 'text': "isn't about hating America. It's about"}, {'start': '1446.640', 'end': '1452.080', 'text': "loving truth. True patriotism isn't"}, {'start': '1449.520', 'end': '1455.520', 'text': "blind loyalty. It's the courage to"}, {'start': '1452.080', 'end': '1458.400', 'text': 'demand better. To ask, "Why do we fund'}, {'start': '1455.520', 'end': '1460.640', 'text': 'proxy wars but ignore poverty at home?'}, {'start': '1458.400', 'end': '1463.120', 'text': 'Why do we support dictators then act'}, {'start': '1460.640', 'end': '1465.039', 'text': 'surprised when they turn on us? Why do'}, {'start': '1463.120', 'end': '1467.360', 'text': 'we keep repeating the same bloody'}, {'start': '1465.039', 'end': '1470.240', 'text': 'playbook?" The answers don\'t lie in'}, {'start': '1467.360', 'end': '1472.880', 'text': 'classified files or secret memos.'}, {'start': '1470.240', 'end': '1475.279', 'text': "They're right in front of us. The genius"}, {'start': '1472.880', 'end': '1478.480', 'text': "of America's proxy war strategy is"}, {'start': '1475.279', 'end': '1481.200', 'text': 'simple. We get the power. Someone else'}, {'start': '1478.480', 'end': '1484.000', 'text': 'gets the blame. We deny involvement'}, {'start': '1481.200', 'end': '1486.480', 'text': 'until the damage is done. We fund wars'}, {'start': '1484.000', 'end': '1489.679', 'text': 'through aid packages, not boots on the'}, {'start': '1486.480', 'end': '1492.000', 'text': 'ground. We destabilize, then walk away'}, {'start': '1489.679', 'end': '1495.600', 'text': "before the cameras roll. It's war"}, {'start': '1492.000', 'end': '1498.080', 'text': 'without war, death without guilt. Empire'}, {'start': '1495.600', 'end': '1500.720', 'text': 'without the name. But behind every'}, {'start': '1498.080', 'end': '1503.679', 'text': 'collapsed city, behind every drone'}, {'start': '1500.720', 'end': '1506.799', 'text': 'strike, behind every orphan crying in a'}, {'start': '1503.679', 'end': '1509.120', 'text': "war zone, there's a whisper. America was"}, {'start': '1506.799', 'end': '1512.600', 'text': "here. Maybe it's time we stopped"}, {'start': '1509.120', 'end': '1512.600', 'text': 'pretending otherwise.'}]