Memes

as an unremarkable captain of an unremarkable country on the fascist side of WWII (why him?)

there weren’t a ton of capable and experienced officers back then in the army.

This seems like a great answer to "why him?"

I don’t see the point that is trying to be made here

A common anti-communist narrative is that communist governments are not actually popular. The main point of highlighting CIA involvement with various "popular" opposition groups is that this narrative is heavily astroturfed.

A secondary point is that all the anti-communist stories about repression and show trials should be read in the light that yes, a hostile foreign government was in fact working with your domestic opposition groups to try to overthrow your government.