Re: Should the USA be the Focus of a Global BDS Movement re: Militarism?
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et al,
Wow --- this is so absent of the facts.
The USA was raping and pillaging long before Wilson came into office. The Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Chile, Nicaragua, China, Korea, Cuba, Samoa, ... .
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• The Philippines came under the sovereignty of the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. It was the US that freed that territory from Japanese Domination in WWII. The US granted independence to the Philippines in 1946, shortly after the conclusion of WWII.
• Guam, a Spanish possession since the 16th Century, was ceded to the US by Spain as an outcome of the Spanish-American War. It is still a US Territory (unincorporated) and residents are citizens; just as if they were born in the Continental US (CONUS).
• Yes, the acquisition of Hawaii is tainted. Hawaii became US Territory in 1900, but did not become a State until 1959.
• Puerto Rico is an unincorporated self-governing commonwealth; also acquired as a result of the Spanish–American War; its citizens are Americans. Puerto Rico can declare independence at any time. However, that would have serious ramifications for the people.
• The US Occupation of Haiti ended in 1934. The US did not take any interventionist actin again until 1994 when it took action against the military junta to restore Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power.
• I'll give you Chile, and Nicaragua --- only because the it is much too difficult to discuss in 5000 characters. But I will agree, the US would have been better off to have cut all ties with South America in general.
• American Samoa is another unincorporated, self-governing territory. It is half f the overall island system. American Samoa (as opposed to German Samoa) were the result of the Treaty of Berlin 1899.
• China and Korea --- give me a break.
Turkish newspaper urges that the United States be listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the Country with the Most Foreign Interventions.
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The Turks, least of all, have any room to talk... Of the
"Early Modern Period in History" the Empire of the The Imperial Ottoman/Turk Empire was one of the most productive of all the Empires for nearly a millennium; and encompassed about 20 million square miles including the territory west to the Caspian Sea, to the border of what is now called Iran, and the Persian Gulf. The Imperial Empire contained the all the generally inhabitable areas of the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan) and the coastal areas of Arabia from the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aquba, south encompassing Tabuk, Mecca, Medina, along the Red Sea Coast to modern day Yemen and the Port of Aden on the Arabian Sea. The Empire maintained sovereignty over the entire southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco. The Empire did not collapse until 1918.
While today, the political snot noses that want to act as if they hold the moral high ground, would take any opportunity to criticize America, it must be remembered at how different the world would look if America had not stepped forward into the leadership roles of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Yes, it is true that America
is one of the four remaining Colonial Powers in the world, it is by far the worst of the international leaders. Yes, there are a great many nations in the world that world rather endorse the leadership of the Jihadist, Virulent Fedayeen, Hostile Insurgent, Radicalized Islamist, and Asymmetric Fighters rather than help America maintain a more balanced perspective in secular world --- they would probably not enjoy the yoke and choker collar which the toxic and venomous critics endorse.
Most Respectfully,
R
