South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. Official Washington justifies military and political interventions in other countries under the theory of “U.S. exceptionalism.” But these “regime changes” often have unexpected results, as with the bloody coup d’etat that removed South Vietnamese President Diem a half-century ago. On Nov. 1, 1963, a half-century ago, the South Vietnamese government … Continue reading Dangerous History of ‘Regime Change’