[CS-FSLUG] NI: THINKING PAPER

[Eduardo Sanchez]

Doc, please let me state that I am in no way an anti-US person. I think 
the US has legitimate reasons to be in Irak and to fight terrorism. But 
I think some of your remarks would merit qualification:

On Wednesday 10 August 2005 13:36, dmc wrote:
>
> The Hitler example is improper because he seized power illegitimately
> and led his country into an utterly unnecessary war of imperialism.
> The USA has never in modern history engaged in any war for
> imperialistic purposes (had we been imperialistic we'd directly
> control Europe, Japan, and other sections of the world).  The USA has
> neither engaged in warfare for any purpose other than strategic
> self-defense.

That is simply not true. Now, let me point some counter-examples. How 
did Hawaii end up being an U.S. State? What about Puerto Rico becoming 
an "associated" state? What about the Philippines? What about the whole 
Cuban War, fought over an unjust accusation? What about Cuba, where the 
rulers before Fidel were U.S. puppets, cruel and blood-hungry villains? 
What about Panama, a country whose secession from Colombia was abetted 
by the U.S. because they needed a puppet state in the Canal Zone? What 
about Mexico and the Mexican-American War? Do you know why Thoreau's 
"Civil Disobedience" was written, by the way? (Not that I agree much 
with him).

I admit that these examples are --thankfully-- a thing of the past; but 
these were U.S. actions that I would call "imperialistic", and in no 
way related to strategic self-defense. What this shows is that the U.S. 
is not free from errors, and in fact, no nation is.

Hope you can understand. Blessings,


Eduardo



-- 
Prof. Eduardo Sanchez
Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
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 Yon rising Moon that looks for us again--
 How oft hereafter will she wax and wane;
   How oft hereafter rising look for us
 Through this same Garden--and for one in vain!

 -- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
    

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