Remind me again why PR is a US protectorate, or whatever.
Wiki:
Tar-Baby
The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881; it is about a doll made of tar and turpentine used by the villainous Br’er Fox to entrap Br’er Rabbit. The more that Br’er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage, tar baby refers to a problematic situation that is only aggravated by additional involvement with it.
“Remind me again why PR is a US protectorate, or whatever.”
Because in the 1890s a lot of dumb people were really bored and really thought we “needed” the place.