On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 11:43, Michael Flora wrote:
> --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Excellent, but sad, quote. Unfortunately, it's a
> > bit wrong:
> > http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm
>
> Hmm, I see, substantial differences: "I operated on
> three continents" versus "We Marines operated on three
> continents (www.converge.org.nz/lac/quote.htm) ", etc.
> Changes the point dramatically, doesn't it?
The more I went through the google articles regarding Smedley,
after I sent my reply, it occurred to me that he gave many
similar speeches over a multi-year period. We obviously picked
different but similar speeches.
> > http://www.grunts.net/legends/butler.html
> > "Both Germany and France were threatening to send
> > troops to Haiti
> > for unpaid debts. To counter any foriegn
> > intervention in the area,
> > President Wilson sent in the Marines in 1915."
> >
> > I'm sure there were other reasons, too. However,
> > better for
> > American corporations to plunder Central America
> > than for the
> > Eurpoeans to do it. Some choice, though, huh?
> >
>
> O.K. I now understand why we (the taxpayers) must
> protect "some lousy investment of the bankers" (Butler
> again).
Note the sentence "Some choice, though, huh?". It implies
that I'm not thrilled with either choice.
And yes, if some powerful country is going to, in effect, take
over a little Carribean island, I'd rather it be the US than a
European power. And Haiti *would* have been invaded...
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