POL SCI 121A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iran Hostage Crisis, Astroturf, Mohammad Mosaddegh
6 Nov 2014
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Cia could rent a crowd, go to community leaders of that country and pay their. Covert fircs government followers to demonstrate against the government propaganda that the government is awful. Covert fircs are more frequently done since 1945 have tried 11 overt fircs and 23 covert fircs some recent covert attempts (unsuccessful) in iraq 1995-1996 and cuba 2011. However covert fircs, unlike fircs, frequently fail (success rate 55 percent) because and dependence upon (in some cases) on sometimes "incompetent" locals why does the u. s. sometimes choose to do covert fircs rather than overt fircs. Overt fircs make the u. s. less popular (in the short term) around the world operation) public price. Overt firc is a war or a major military operation senior members of congress usually takes months of hard campaigning by the president. Covert firc (secret) doesn"t require american public support only some. Nevertheless, covert fircs have a major downside compared to overt fircs (besides.
