Daniel Toffetti wrote:
Including the 1975 bloodless coup that overthrew the elected government of Australia - just the behaviour you want from an "Ally"On Monday 27 May 2002 08:37, Paul Johnson wrote:On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:42:06PM -0500, Dale Hair wrote:Most Americans tend to be isolationists and pacifists, it took Pearl Harbor to "awaken the sleeping giant". It actually created a giant "superpower" as we like to refer to ourselves. Then on Sept. 11 the giant awoke again. If something like 1939 were to happen again, we will be there.So how exactly did Desert Shield, Desert Storm, the occupation of Somolia, the invasion of Nicaragua, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War somehow not count as wars? America is a hostile nation.This contradiction is only apparent.While it's perhaps true that most citizen of the USA (*) are pacifist, most of them are also unaware of what their government _actually_ do in the matter of foriegn affairs. CIA's "School of the Americas" trained military men from most countries in South America in torturing and dirty war techniques. US supported economically and politically all of the coups d'etat during the '70s, mainly to stop the lefty political movements and guerrillas.
John P Foster ( who is NOT the guy who makes Foster's Lager) <- Beer reference to stay on topic
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