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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan you imagine a foreign country doing to the US what the Con and Pence are
doing in Venezuela?
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Can you imagine a foreign country doing to the US what the Con and Pence are (Original Post)
malaise
Feb 2019
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If they did we would be screaming bloody murder - hypocrite America at it's finest.
walkingman
Feb 2019
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walkingman
(10,498 posts)1. If they did we would be screaming bloody murder - hypocrite America at it's finest.
CincyDem
(7,341 posts)2. Unfortunately, we've been screwing around in Latin America since the Monroe Doctrine.
Just watched Roma this weekend. Didn't really like the movie but it caused me to look more into Mexico's Dirty War in the 70's...including the US role in supporting the establishment. What a mess that didn't get any attention until the late 90's.
I'm sure there are many more examples that are more familiar to others but these guys are just doing what we've done forever. And of course, Elliot Abrams is somewhere in the middle of this crap.
malaise
(294,171 posts)3. Our hemisphere has lived through more than enough
imperialist crap. Jamaica was not spared and we're still dealing with the divisions and hte guns.
Why - like Venezuela and their oil, we introduced a bauxite levy.
