Posted on 03/21/2024 4:22:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
John Jacob Astor, the richest man in the U.S. was involved. And Washington Irving, the first great U.S. writer.
There was no official U.S. involvement, and those mentioned were private smuggling family enterprises, joining the game later like parasites. The big players were the actual governments and naval forces from London and later Paris. I know you hate FDR and his legacy as conservatives should, but let it not cloud your judgement as to the actual magnitudes of the various players involved. The Delano family? Like one crime family in NYC out of several in the larger picture. In 1997 China was returned Hong Kong from the biggest offender of the two Opium Wars.
The U.K crackdown is causing overdoses in Europe?
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