To: Vermont Lt
The US, not unsuccessfully, applied military force in a number of Caribbean and Central American countries from 1900 to 1934. The strategic goal was to keep any European (read German) interlopers out of the region by the US guaranteeing stability and ensuring that foreign loans were payed (after a fashion) and debts serviced so that no European state had any complaint. This policy coincided with the withdrawal of most British naval assets from marginal areas that the FSL Fisher was driving in order to focus all naval resources on the battleship race with Germany. It is true some US financial institutions such as Brown Brothers had their financial interest protected along with other banks. The whole strategy seems to have worked reasonably well absent the BS that we were ‘protecting the integrity; of weak Latin governments. It also gave the Navy and the Marines a lot of useful experience in expeditionary warfare and provided excellent live fire training to many career Marines who applied their skills in France in 1917-18.
76 posted on
12/29/2018 3:05:22 PM PST by
robowombat
(Orthodox)
To: robowombat
“The US, not unsuccessfully, applied military force in a number of Caribbean and Central American countries from 1900 to 1934.”
Yes, and it continued into the 50s with the Dulles brothers and the CIA. We supported any despot as long as they would play ball with our bankers. We continue to see evidence of that “success” everyday, crossing our border by the millions.
Butler was right. It was a racket.
80 posted on
12/29/2018 3:10:28 PM PST by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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