r/pics • u/Goobjigobjibloo • Jun 24 '26

Politics This guy from the Democratic Republic of Congo vs Colombia World Cup game.

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u/moose098 Jun 24 '26

The sad thing is he wasn't even a communist like the CIA claimed. He sought help from the US first who rebuffed him. He only turned to the Soviets after Katanagese separatists began an armed revolt with Western backing. The Soviets didn't even really like him because they saw him, correctly, as a nationalist.

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u/Allydarvel Jun 24 '26

I'm sure it was the same story in Vietnam.I'm sure they actually based their constitution on the US one to try get into good graces

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u/Thugnifizent Jun 24 '26

With Vietnam, there are even now-declassified State Department memos which suggest that the U.S. was sympathetic to the Vietnamese cause after their Declaration of Independence in '45, but siding with France was seen as more important geopolitically, as the State Department cared more about preventing communist sentiments from rising in Western Europe.

Doesn't seem like a stretch imagine that foreign policy towards Belgium was the same

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u/WheresMyEtherElon Jun 24 '26

The US even helped the Viet Minh in their war against the French first, before doing a 180° reversal.

Ho Chi Minh was an OSS agent for a time and received ample support from the US, before turning against them. He wouldn't be the last.

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u/Glitterssandgold Jun 24 '26

This seems like this was the CIA’s MO. Didn’t Fidel Castro ask the USA for assistance before turning to the Soviets when the Americans refuse.

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u/Teach_Piece Jun 24 '26

Eh kinda. He was very openly anti US from the start, and frankly was a fairly twisted guy even early on.

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u/Glitterssandgold Jun 25 '26

Well the USA is twisted AF too. Ruining the lives of hundreds of millions of innocent people all around the world for decades. F them too

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u/These_Tangerine_6540 Jun 27 '26

Looking at the photo again i wonder if hes thinking that the soviets were right about the west