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From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Kenneth Adam Arromdee)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: our neighbors
Message-ID: <1483@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 12:11:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 12:11:19 1985
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Reply-To: ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Kenneth Adam Arromdee)
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>> Gee Tim, you forgot...
>> The Military Invasion and Subjugation of Canada.
>> The Invasion of Mexico by armored units in 1968 to crush open rebellion.
>> The building of the notorious Toronto Wall to prevent Canadian
>> Citizens from escaping U.S. domination, complete with machine guns
>> and land mines.
>> 		--Carl Rigney
>> Anyone who thinks this needs a :-) needs one themselves! :-)
>
>The Mexicans remember the gringo invasion every year. The Nicaraguans
>have such a long history of US intervention, armed and otherwise, that
>they act totally paranoid. And then there is the Dominican Republic,
>Cuba, Guatemala, Canada (we lost,) Chile, Grenada, the Phillipines,
>and on and on and on. 
>						Mark Roddy

At least some of these don't seem comparable to the Soviet actions alluded
to.
Cuba: I'm not sure what you mean.  If you mean the Spanish-American
War, it was a war against Spain, and Cuba got its independence shortly
afterwards.  If you mean the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban government obviously
opposed it but that says nothing about what the Cuban people thought about
it.
Canada: What do you mean, we lost Canada?  If you mean the War of 1812, it
was against Britain.  Furthermore, our border with Canada is open.  We
don't post guards to shoot people escaping to Canada.  We don't build a wall
to prevent such escaping.  And Canada has no reason to worry about the US
sending tanks in.  For that matter, I've never heard of Canadians being
against Americans because of the War of 1812.
Mexico: Again, look at the border.  There aren't barriers to keep people
in the US.  And despite the "gringo invasions" in the last century, Mexico
doesn't worry about the US sending in tanks or armies.
Grenada: Come on, who are you trying to fool?  Are you trying to argue that
most Grenadans actually did not support the US invasion?

Disclaimer: This does not mean I support _all_ of these US actions.

(If you want to reply, please mail a copy.  I will be going home for about
a month and by the end of that time the news will probably have expired.)
-- 
If you know the alphabet up to 'k', you can teach it up to 'k'.

Kenneth Arromdee
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