Test Your Foreign Policy IQ
(Note: Following is a pop test sent to us by several readers. The list of
bombings was compiled by journalist William Blum -- we checked with him to
confirm it. Some anonymous wit -- not Mr. Blum -- added the Quiz part. We
thank Mr. Blum for permission to use his list.)
QPSAT (Quick Political Scholastic Aptitude Test)
This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question (so you better get it
right!). Here's a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since the
end of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum, author of "Killing
Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II."
China 1945-46
Korea and China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Grenada 1983
Lebanon 1983, 1984
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Iraq 1991-99
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1993
Bosnia 1994, 1995
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia 1999
Question: In how many of these instances did a democratic government,
respectful of
human rights, occur as a direct result?
Choose one of the following:
- 0
- zero
- none
- not a one
- a whole number between -1 and +1
- zip
- zilch
(Thanks to William Blum / Michael Edelstein / Tad Ramspott / Wright Huntley /
Janice Presser / Barry S. Perlman)
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