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To: Vigilant1
"I helped make Mexico, 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 benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested."

Marine Brigadier General Smedley Butler, 1933

So now the U.S. is making the "-stan" countries safe for global oil companies. Not much changes in 100 years....

362 posted on 01/05/2002 1:22:27 PM PST by lafayette76
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To: lafayette76
You need a specialist.
366 posted on 01/05/2002 1:35:22 PM PST by 1 FELLOW FREEPER
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To: lafayette76
Do you have problem with cheap gas and dead terrorist? I love cheap gas for my SUVs. Also dead terrorist aren't very terrifying are they?
388 posted on 01/05/2002 3:43:23 PM PST by SeeRushToldU_So
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