O-SPAN Classic: CIA Accidentally Overthrows Costa Rica

[TheSolitaryTraveller]

Funny thing is I could see the CIA fuck up like this, because lets face it they are one of the shitest groups on earth when it comes to dealing with other countries.

[jeganathj]

Theonion is just fking hilarious.

[CassandreSyllas]

The guys of The Onion are really gifted...

[The1211deep]

the government are the terrorist!

[TheYouwontgetit]

usa do this kind of shit all the time... us soldier = terorrist...

[finka123456]

@TheYouwontgetit us soldier=misguided

[brecheisen1]

@finka123456 many more of them know what's going on that you would think

[deedrix]

Did he say Camodia? HA! So Americans can't point out their own country the map, maybe they should try not to point out others either. lol

[CassandreSyllas]

Magnificent. Simply magnificent.

[terrythecensor]

Cambodia!

[AlexFerguson78]

is it just me, or is cambodia not in central america :P ?

[MRpopTARTSareYUMMY]

@AlexFerguson78 yes

[nerdyharry]

first i learned to hate mormans, then a bunch of shitty youtube shows, then a bunch of other bullshit i've forgotten about. now, i'm learning to hate fabio.

[djtrixen]

this is a joke... relax, people.

[WH012]

Are you sure this isnt real? lol.

[PNACATTACKdotCOM]

@WH012 its joke & reality in 1 packet :)

[Doriamos]

Cambodia isn't in Central America

[AliensHateUs]

@Doriamos That is what I was thinking too.... and the US never overthrew Cambodia, although they should have, at least when the Khmer Rouge was in power.

[PumaOPumaOPumaO]

@Doriamos

That's the joke.

[dragonstarr3690]

@msd998 are you that shallow that our govt can do all this and properly inform us through the puppet media?

[boklgokl]

its just annoying how they do something (create their peon stat , cause war etc...) and then they get away with it , just because no1 believes cia or american government would do something like that. And of course , 20-40 years later they admit that they comited.And still no1 cares.

[steaiii]

these men are good at over throwing xD

[NORTHERNKONFLIKT]

I can't until when the US is the shithole of the world everybody will laugh and not give a shit. haha

[allwittynamestaken]

@NORTHERNKONFLIKT it won't be, the western world has historically always been the more developed nations of the world. Waiting for the US to turn into a "shithole" is like waiting for Luxemborg to turn into a 3rd world country.

[tokinblckgie]

@allwittynamestaken

You're right about not betting against the west today, but there was a time when the west was looked at as the "barbarians" of the world.

[allwittynamestaken]

@tokinblckgie hmmmm good point, I revoke that previous statement. however I still think its ammoral to wish to wish suffering upon anyone

[tokinblckgie]

@allwittynamestaken

Agreed.

[Berzerkerevl]

@NORTHERNKONFLIKT  bitter much?

[XXninjakatanaXX]

lots of uh.... interesting birds

[seriouslycurious1]

some people consider them liberators, some people consider them killers, i forgot gloria steinham was cia, woops, i guess someone has to do it...cant let tyrants screw things up completely, oh wait...

[PresidentRhapsody]

I like how the Onion manages to get the video quality and the period accents down.

[Wasp16mm]

the good old days, why can't we have real-men like that now!

[boklgokl]

@Wasp16mm well just beacuse those people make wars , kill other people and sometime even cause genocides... if you are proud because you had men like that then go live in iraq,serbia , vietnam...

[locosyndaco]

lol camboya in central america

[EscapeSamsaraOrg]

LOL I didn't know they over thrown my country hahahahahahahahahahahahah

[Lachdenan]

On the real, the CIA is illegal and should be disbanded, along with every other alphabet government company. The Onion should get a bunch of money from this to replace everything on CNN with funny shit.

[Slaught1004]

They should have a show on tv and replace CNN

and FOX

[edrftvygbdhskfksjskj]

@Slaught1004 Replace Fox, because it's just as misinformative. Replace CNN because we have TMZ for their type of news.

[Devext]

@Slaught1004 they now got a show on tv actually

[purveyorofmotep]

hahaha...cambodia...



[DannyCro10]

Thumbs up if you think people need to stop with the pointless political banter and enjoy the video for what is is :

A funny, satirical clip.

"...A lot of very interesting birds..."

[XxKuRoTsUbAsAxX]

@DannyCro10 Well satire is supposed to promote debate and discussion. =/ Unless the political banter you're referring to is actually inane arguments.

[mrcoder]

hahaha well done

[bernalaso]

what happened?

[tinfold]

lol @ "EL SALVOR"???

[TurMoiL911]

For all we know, the CIA could have overthrown the governments of Columbia AND Cambodia.

[PrinceofDrill]

@TurMoiL911 Well, the C.I.A. wouldn't have had to over throw the government of Cambodia, we bombed the crap outta them in 1970, lol.

[larevolution510]

this guys Spanish is shit

[benbur69]

"So a couple of boys went up to El Salvor and took care of him..." - LOL!!!

[graemelockieable]

@BigBadBrit1

I noticed the Cambodia statement as well. I think it's safe to say it's another example of the parody the Onion is making of these ignorant American alphabet agencies. Funny show with a splash of reality thrown in. Gotta love it!

[Wraythhmark]

Clifford Baines was all over this one

[BigBadBrit1]

Cambodia?? Isn't part of Central America..

[TurMoiL911]

The real funny thing is that if you played this audio without knowing it was from TheOnion like on the radio or something, plenty of people would totally believe it. I know I would.

[willforrhall]

Not so funny since the US really does overthrow thriving democracies .

[eviltube1111]

@willforrhall Yes it is funny. The Onion parodies a lot of horrors that happen in politics, such as the war in Iraq/Afghanistan, and how voters would rather vote for a leader because of how he looks or what his friends or like rather than if he'd make a good leader (they aimed that at Sarah Palin).

[DeadlyGrim]

@willforrhall That's why it's so funny! It's called Black Comedy. See: Dr. Strangelove.

[pinmoretti2]

It's funny cuse we are one of the most pacifist countries in the world and get along with the USA quite well....

[pinmoretti2]

Jajajajajaja exelent video! Can't stop laughing

[QUEVIVAELMETAL]

@pinmoretti2 Laughing????

[f0b0m]

Henry Kissinger ftw!!

[tyu3456]

It's funny because 10 years earlier in 1953, the CIA did actually overthrow the democratic government of a country called Iran. It was called Operation Ajax. Oops.

[arnisjutsus]

@tyu3456 very good !

[zleverette]

@tyu3456 well the US and UK supported the Shah which tried to overthrow the dictator Mohammad-Rezā Shāh Pahlavi

[PrinceofDrill]

@zleverette The Shah of Iran and Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi were the same person. Now whether he was a dictator is of course up to you. But in 1953, the Shah left Iran after the democratically elected Prime Minister of the country, Mohammad Mossadeq who nationalized Iran's Oil industry and of course, the United States and Great Britain had a huge problem with this. So President Eisenhower sent the C.I.A to out the shah back in power. C.I.A. also helped overthrow the government in Chile in 1973

[nate556]

@tyu3456 So, tolitarian regimes or tyrants cannot rise from a democratic election ? The democratic proccess can't be abused, ever ?

[Devext]

@tyu3456 you sure know everthing.

[assassin12341]

@tyu3456 yea well who knew the damn muslim brotherhood would take over...

[eagleclawproduction1]

@tyu3456 I believe BP was the reason for that US intervention

[finka123456]

@tyu3456 a secular and non militant gov too...triple oopppsss

[PrinceofDrill]

@tyu3456 No my friend....we did that on purpose. Lol. But I do like the fact that you caught that.

[coscientology]

So a couple of the boys went down to El Salvor and took care of him...

[giuri777]

"Cambodia...."

[Christian121y]

@TheBibleIsLame No we used uranium DEPLETED rounds on Combatants we had contact with the entire war.Trying to make the Coalition in Iraq look like Mussolini in Ethiopia is a sign of a lack of good arguments.Next you'll be claiming that because some neighborhoods in Iraq dont have stable electricity,we somehow lost the war.

[xPythox]

Ha! It's only satirical cause they're only half joking.

[Die1101]

LOL... Cambodia, El Salvor, British Honduras...

[crackkatt]

ACCIDENTALLY OVERTHREW COSTA RICA LOOOOOOOL HAHHAHAH!!!!!!!!!

[granadost]

hahaha so funny

[HumbleWheels]

:D wish tat happend to dictators

[Drmofothegreat]

this is actually what was said when we overthrew Chile. lol.

war by proxy the hot new rts thats sweeping the world.

[TheWardcat]

I just love how they casually talk about "taking care of" Central American gov.'s

[vania1917]

@tdwplover22 Maybe FoxNews will run the story.

[wwefanworld]

@tdwplover22 What about MSNBC? Same shit as fox but different wing.

[eviltube1111]

@wwefanworld same shit, but at least 20% of it is salvageable. They've had a few very eye-opening interviews as long as they aren't on a shitty show, but yeah mostly the same crap.

[TheFakeBlood]

@tdwplover22 seems ignorance truly is bliss

[Shapecharge08]

@tdwplover22

..and I trust The Onion more than CNN.

[Uzi910]

the onion jokes and makes fun of things, but theres a real message in it

[30LayersOfKevlar]

Good Sir, Cambodia is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

[isair81]

Love how they make it sound as if overthrowing governments in south America is just something that's done on a routine basis, hehe.

"Did not receive an official 'Do not overthrow order.' "

[My6thAccount]

I'm off to Costa Rica next month, hope it's back on its feet by then.

[Rigotto90]

@My6thAccount Hey have fun!

[Murkrowkeeezyou]

Cambodia is in Central America? LMAO xD

[thorizzle117]

".. a lot of very interesting birds.." haha

[TrueCommunist]

Talking about cynicism, this "news" isn't far from truth in essence. (Subversive activity to maintain their empire). Hiding behind hollow phrases like "freedom and democracy"/"manifest destiny?" but instead inheriting old colonial mentality of the British Empire.

[mesa134]

@TrueCommunist its nice to see people waking up

[ByteMe619]

el salvodor doesnt have a president, but 14 families who slaughter any opposition.

[TrueCommunist]

@ByteMe619

Now they don't have president. CIA did good job at making it as it is today.

[Yellow24y]

DAMN CIA!

[beckham12manu]

Cambodia is not in central america.

[Aqualiteking]

@beckham12manu I am pretty sure he ment Colombia

[0101010101010101ful]

omg,i bet this is what really happens!lol in a very sad way

[InformationPollution]

Ha ha! Get it! Our government is among the most ruthless in all history on the world stage but it's ok because we're all having a swell time here!

[DarthComrade]

So, uhh....no, these things happen.

LOL

[spooocks]

Whats the problem costa rica or iraq no problemo only a small mistake

[stevemacaque]

@spooocks the joke is about cuba and latin america

iraq has nothing to do with it u moron

go into a womb and abort urself

[Ruinous]

@spooocks Except millions of of Iraqi's now have freedom. Too bad that is a outcome you oppose.

[mesaeddie]

@Ruinous Yeah right dumb ass . Close to a million innocents killed and 5 million displaced . No clean water and no reliable power . They are a lot better off . BULLSHIT !!

[Christian121y]

@mesaeddie

Nice to see the neoliberal in his air conditioned room fighting the fight for the rights of the enslaved Iraqi people against the oil loving Neocons.What with the Neocon Zionists oppressing Iraq with their damned free elections and native civil service that doesn't send government troops in helicopter gunships armed with flamethrowers to burn down the local village.Damn I bet they miss that.Fucking Americans always coming in and interfering in foreign affairs.God damn them to hell.

[ThePloxCorner]

lol, if this was real...

[VelaToNorma7]

@ThePloxCorner my dick hurts

[Mr135223]

"Accidently" haha

[khaniu]

say americunts

[klowdz1]

@khaniu yes yes we all go to encylopedia dramatica and see the word americunt a full 9000 times a square inch.

[darkof]

"America fuck yeah" - Team America

[jeniffer247]

so unreal why is the crowds heads swayinging them left and right like airs push

[Moeggggggggggggggggg]

i totally agree with k077er0, and this was in 1963 .. nice cam. 

[LolCaramelz]

@Moeggggggggggggggggg

No shit it is fucking fake, it's made by a SATIRE/JOKE website. Hur dur, boy, aren't you intelligent.

[mirishow]

@LolCaramelz usa everytime had made disturb world and this not fake what i say , meet with true my friend ;;) .

[LolCaramelz]

@mirishow

Don't even try to speak English if you are going to botch it that badly.

[zarlieck]

@mirishow dude... this vid is part of a joke. i live in Costa Rica and i know this didn't happen lol and i still find this very funny

[Nextbandi]

Great joke... :S

[yeeyetming]

wtf....cambodia? LOL

[septicriga]

AWESOME! :) he he

[MeGaRaCeR1ful]

good

[joselardi22]

British Honduras? WTF!!!!!

[testing88534]

@joselardi22, Belize

[joselardi22]

@testing88534 jajjajajajaajajajjajaja NOT AM from Honduras -_- but still refresh ma mind about what was ma coment i totally Forgot D:

[Lookitsalfred]

Cambodia is in Asia.WTF

[iBandeeto]

illuminati

[Hamodyxxx0]

Killuminati

[iBandeeto]

@Hamodyxxx0 chyeaaaaaa.

[Hamodyxxx0]

@iBandeeto mooooooooooooot

[howlomeet]

hijos de puta cagandola siempre mierdas culias

[SatPurusha]

0:29 CAMBODIA!

[cokelandino]

HIJOS DE PUTA!!!!

[ccricers]

Damn Cambodia and its MS-13 gangs that crept into Guatemala :P

[evdshaw]

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[rockonrusty08]

0:01

[icemilitia]

I know this is a joke, but in essence it's almost kind of true

[dannyd2007]

@icemilitia no it isn't, but it is funny

[merytneit]

pues no me gusta!!

[iulian28ti]

what the.....? LOLZ

[winterstellar]

By the way, the UN has ranking lists every year on the best and worst countries in the world to live in, and the scandinavian countries are all close to the top, Finland is apparently the best country in the world to live in right now, whilst America is down on a 15th place or something. That's how reality is, but I doubt that many americans are aware of that.: )

[haitstony]

@winterstellar yeah but germany's list says you guys have the twentieth place at the bottom of the list. youre right under Uganda.....which is a pretty shitty country. Thats how reality is, but i doubt that many skanky brits are aware of that :)

[winterstellar]

@haitstony Hehe, which country..Norway or Thailand? I am norwegian, I only have a holiday condo in Thailand. : ) Nah, not even Thailand can be below Uganda in anything...except maybe in number of HIV-infected people, hehe. Yuck, that was a nasty joke. : )

[winterstellar]

@haitstony But anyway, the rankings the United Nations make are based on the facts, the statistics of the world and so on. It's not something they just make up for fun, hehe..

[winterstellar]

Wolfsrage. Yes, health-care, education, lots of stuff is free in those countries. And Norway for instance is one of the very richest coutries per capita on the planet, thanks to its oil and gas production. The welfare state is pretty extreme there...even bums who don't want to work, get about three times more than american minimum wage just in welfare money, for doing nothing! That's pretty weird, but good for norwegian bums of course, hehe. : )

[karpdamm]

@winterstellar You're missing a minor detail here; everything is very, i.e. VERY, expensive in Norway. Comparing minimum wages and so in is not correct. For that matter I dont think that even norwegian bums gets as much money as you are claiming.

[winterstellar]

@karpdamm Nah, It may be a bit exaggerated..but they do have a pretty extreme social demotratic welfare state up there, that's for sure

[karpdamm]

@winterstellar Yes, I'm aware of that (I'm from Finland by the way). But the problem is that people that've read what you wrote might think that the thing about bums is "true story" and so on.

[SmartClownEnt]

LMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOO@ Chimpanzee as president of Honduras

[ricardobs84]

el salvor!!

[devilmaycryagency]

isnt that like the plot of mgs: peace walker?

[CosmicHawke]

Who can mine the harbors of Nicaragua?

Out-hit all the hit men of Chicagua?

Fuckin' a man!

CIA man!

[shitbox99]

The people that think this is real are funnier than the video

[iwork4food]

how do they make this so convincing?!

[Hamodyxxx0]

Rest in peace adolf hitler.

[i0npath]

I would honestly believe that if it wasn't for the Onion.

[luiscamara1]

CIA FAIL