>"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
why do americans seem to ignore/not care about the (long) history of foreign interventions of their govt?
also, why do americans seem to be so pro-military/militarism? I mean, I'm not anti-military, but they kinda are the other extreme. can someone explain this to me?
Why do nations look after their own interests at the expense of others?
Easton Evans
What I don't get is why the pretend to be anything but what has been said a million times over.
It's of no consequence, I don't care if America is invading the world in search of oil and resources, we need that shit, take it.
What I don't get is why the constantly lie and us e modern propaganda and freedoms as an excuse to achieve their goals. People then actually buy into the propaganda.
That's the most bizzare thing in my mind. I really wish I was American I can experience this, i dunno, ideology? First hand.
>why do americans seem to ignore/not care about the (long) history of foreign interventions of their govt? I like having cheap gasoline, food, and other goods. I don't really care what happens to some people in South America or the middle east if I get the things I want in the end.
Owen Wood
then why do americans always argue that they are some sort of poor victims, that everyone hates the US, that the military is there to give them security? it's obvious that none of these things are true, but people will still saying that the hate against the US is irrational and that any mention of interventionism from the US govt is some kind of conspirancy theory
James Jones
It's all part of the game.
Thomas Jenkins
This.
They use the fact that China is building a military against China. But China is only building it's military to defend itself against America.
America is actually going to, knowing full and well what they are doing, destroy the modern world and then when it's all said and done they will through their hands in the air and be like >well fuck, that's your fault not ours.
Landon Nguyen
ignorance is a much more likely explanation, m8
instead of being an hypocrite here, or telling us what YOU personally think, try explaining what americans, in general (let's say the "average american"), think
Connor Turner
>China is only encroaching on international shipping lanes and building artificial islands in international fisheries to defend themselves Lel
