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Subject: Re: Invasion as a US policy - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 13-Nov-83 23:15:12 EST
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uokvax!andree    Nov 10 18:35:00 1983

Very good, sun!gnu. The US does have a bad habit of getting involved in
wars because they want something. But then again, all governments start
wars for that reason, which is a pretty lousy reason (but then again, aren't
all wars started for lousy reasons?)

In combing my memory, I can think of only two wars that america didn't start
off by invading someone - the war of 1812 and WW I. Likewise, there are only
two wars where the US didn't get something out of it: WW I and Vietnam.

So you are correct: the history of the US does not support the view that we
are the good guys. It does indeed make us out to be as bad as anybody else
in how we treat non-us citizens (not that we do all that well with our own
citizens).

Then again, I am GLAD that FDR manipulated us into a war against Germany.
The idea of living in a soviet america scares me; the idea of living in
a nazi america TERRIFIES me!

	<mike