Mostly, the Spanish were trying to find silver to sell to China. China had an insatiable appetite for silver at that time.
To: nickcarraway
Then there's
Operation El Dorado Canyon where F-111Fs from Lakenheath, UK, flew to Lybia and bombed the crap out of Lybian President Muammar Gaddafi .
2 posted on
08/28/2023 5:08:14 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: nickcarraway
3 posted on
08/28/2023 5:09:57 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: nickcarraway
5 posted on
08/28/2023 9:31:13 PM PDT by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: nickcarraway
7 posted on
08/29/2023 5:29:46 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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