Obvious examples of Central Intelligence Agency covert action abroad are difficult to identify today, save for occasional acknowledged calamities, such as the long-running $1 billion effort to overthrow the government of Syria, via funding, training and arming barbarous jihadist groups.
Phew 😅 I didn’t know if I’d gone too far with that one.
The fact that it’s indistinguishable from reactionary talking points does warrant freagle’s response, though.