rant · moment 12 of 21
The Post-9/11 Regime-Change Playbook
from The Epstein Files & Thanksgiving In Syria | The Tim Dillon Show #471 · #471
6 min
Tim lays out, with a comedic CIA-briefing bit about Mount Rushmore and nuking Vegas, how the U.S. has used fear of terrorism to justify invading and toppling governments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria, installing puppet leaders who behave just like their predecessors.
- Tim traces the post-9/11 doctrine of preemptive war and regime change across Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
- The CIA presents vague cafe gossip about anti-American sentiment as justification for overthrowing entire governments.
- Tim mocks the absurdity of CIA officials warning presidents that terrorists might nuke Vegas or blow up Mount Rushmore based on cafe chatter.
- After removing a dictator, the U.S. installs a replacement who eventually commits the same atrocities but shares profits with Western interests.
- Both the original regime and its replacement are torturing and disappearing people—the only difference is whether they cut the U.S. in on the deal.
- When the installed leader stops sharing profits or faces internal pressure, he pivots to anti-Western rhetoric to save his own position.
- This cycle of invasion, installation, and eventual conflict has defined U.S. foreign policy for decades, costing trillions and leaving most countries in the same broken state.
- Somalia exemplifies how sectarian and ethnic divisions persist even among diaspora communities in America, indifferent to U.S. intervention.
9/11American foreign policyGaddafiBashar al-AssadSaddam HusseinBush DoctrineIraqLibyaAfghanistanCIASyriaWhite HouseMount RushmoreSomalia