The US Toppling of Imran Khan, Jeffrey Sachs Essay February 1, 2024
Essay by Jeffrey D. Sachs, read by A. I. voice: The US Toppling of Imran Khan (February 1, 2024). A principal instrument of U. S. foreign policy is covert regime change, meaning a secret action by the U. S. government to bring down the government of another country. There are strong reasons to believe that U. S. actions led to the removal from power of Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan in April 2022, followed by his arrest on trumpedup charges of corruption and espionage, and sentencing this week to 10 years imprisonment on the espionage charge. The political objective is to block Pakistans most popular politician from returning to power in the elections on February 8. The key to covert operations of course is that they are secret and hence deniable by the U. S. government. Even when the evidence comes to light through whistleblowers or leaks, as it very often does, the U. S. government rejects the authenticity o
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