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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 551298"><p>-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.</p><p></p><p>My father , a vietnam vet who saw much action in war sent me the above quote along with the following two paragraphs that followed the last line in the above quote. He sent it to me may 27, two days after memorial day. I think it took him two days to unwind enough to send it to me. I particularly like the last two sentences about Al Capone :::::::: : </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p>During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Pickup: when I read this , I couldn't help think about the case of Hawaii and the overthrow of the monarch by a group of wealthy american and european s( particularly plantation owners) .The marines gave some support to their efforts. When the smoke cleared, a new provisional government was in place with a man in charge by the last name of Dole. Sound familiar? Ever have a dole pineapple? Yup. Turns out his cousin by the same last name was one of these fruit plantations owners (hawaiian fruit company then) .</p><p></p><p>Now if you think it is wrong as an american to dare criticize the overthrow of a head of state of a foreign land and then eventually add the land to your country, then know this: an apology resolution was signed by President Clinton in 1993 that expressed regret over this overthrow. So there you have it , a CLEARLY lawfully elected leader of the u.s essentially questioning the actions of the u.s in the past . So one could argue , by some poster's opinions, that to question this version of the addition of hawaii to the u.s is to be unpatriotic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickup, post: 551298"] -- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. My father , a vietnam vet who saw much action in war sent me the above quote along with the following two paragraphs that followed the last line in the above quote. He sent it to me may 27, two days after memorial day. I think it took him two days to unwind enough to send it to me. I particularly like the last two sentences about Al Capone :::::::: : 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. During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents. -------------------------------------- Pickup: when I read this , I couldn't help think about the case of Hawaii and the overthrow of the monarch by a group of wealthy american and european s( particularly plantation owners) .The marines gave some support to their efforts. When the smoke cleared, a new provisional government was in place with a man in charge by the last name of Dole. Sound familiar? Ever have a dole pineapple? Yup. Turns out his cousin by the same last name was one of these fruit plantations owners (hawaiian fruit company then) . Now if you think it is wrong as an american to dare criticize the overthrow of a head of state of a foreign land and then eventually add the land to your country, then know this: an apology resolution was signed by President Clinton in 1993 that expressed regret over this overthrow. So there you have it , a CLEARLY lawfully elected leader of the u.s essentially questioning the actions of the u.s in the past . So one could argue , by some poster's opinions, that to question this version of the addition of hawaii to the u.s is to be unpatriotic. [/QUOTE]
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