How many times, to your mind, has the U.S dealt with dictatorships?

Question

Cumulative dictatorships, in which a dictatorship has emerged after another, can also be counted into this.

Answer 1

It depends on what you mean by "dealt with". There are many dictators whom the United States government supported and installed, there are many dictators whom the US government deposed just so that another can be installed. And there are many dictators whom the US government deposed so that democracy can emerge. You have to define "dealt with".

WW2 to today, how many times has the US had ANY business with dictatorships? Probably around 30 (off the top of my head). It's not nearly as bad today as it was 40-50 years ago. Back in the day it wouldn't be uncommon for the government to depose or help install a dictatorship at least once or twice for every year. And I know I'm going to receive a lot flak for saying that our "pure" American government has helped install brutal dictatorships, but it's an undeniable fact. The Soviet Union did it and America responded with some competition, get over yourselves. But ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has had to deal with dictatorships less and less. Some people will say that it's getting worse...they don't have a clue.

EDIT: I forgot to mention in my first post: the figure changes depending on what you consider a "dictatorship" and what you consider a "country". For example, there were and still are, many self-proclaimed entities with dictators. The question comes down to, do you only count the dictators who ruled internationally recognized nations or do you also count those who ruled entities, regions that have not been recognized. For example, Milan Babic was the dictator of Republic of Serbian Krajina. The Republic of Serbian Krajina was never recognized as an actual Republic/Country by any other sovereign nation, so do they still count? Then you get into the case of, who is actually a dictator? For example, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of the Republic of Turkey. He was democratically elected, but he did have absolute power. Some people considered him a dictator but others he is considered a messiah like individual because he modernized the Turks and brought them out of that Ottoman Empire mentality. In a sense, it can be said that he "westernized" the Turks. What about Tito or Francisco Franco? There were many "dictators" out there who were democratically elected, had absolute power, but did very good for their respective nations, even better than previous leaders who didn't have absolute power. In the end, the definition of the words "nation" and "dictator" and what people identify those two things as, is what will ultimately give you the exact number of dictatorships that the US has dealt with. And believe me when I say this, in the last 100 years, there probably hasn't been a single dictatorship in the world that the US government has not had some kind of relationship with.

Answer 2

way to many,and many more to come unfortunately

Answer 3

I agree with the poster above me. What do you mean exactly by 'dealt with'?. In the past, the US supported certain dictatorships. Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Augusto Pinochet of Chile, Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, Suharto of Indonesia, Manuel Noriega of Panama, Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua, Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, Papa Doc Duvalier of Haiti, Zia Ul Haq of Pakistan, etc..

Present dictators supported by the US are Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Al Saud monarchy of Saudi Arabia.

There are also present dictatorships that the US doesn't care about. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the Military Junta of Burma, Omar Al Bashir of Sudan (responsible for the genocide in Darfur).

Answer 4

Not enough because they're still some out there.