DJSHOCKLEY Wrote:
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American foreign policy as it relates to Haiti, Latin America and other countries is that we conquer them economically, appoint a warlord or President that will do what is in the best interests of American buisnesses, and then kill them off whenever they are no longer useful to us... In the case that they are democratically elected, if they don't do what we want them to do, we just overthrow them and put our guys in...
Nothing new.. We have been doing it for over 100 years..
Ya see, its cheaper to appoint our own dictators, give weapons to their armies... Maybe even train them here in the United States then send them down there to do our bidding than it is to send our Marines in...
Ampednow Wrote:
"Oh I see... It's the white devils of America who are responsible for killing and oppressing the tan skinned Latin American countries for centuries. To this day, our oppression is fueled by racism. Thank God for Chavez, Ortega, and Castro to stand up against the Great Satan."
"Perfect example of why AA died... Who wants to hear about how bad America sucks and how we are responsible for all of the world's problems all day long?[/quote]"
DJSHOCKLEY WROTE:
Until you learn to understand that putting words in other peoples mouths and blowing the facts that they present to you out of proportion only makes you look bad, you will never be a skilled debator in any forum..
If you would like to educate yourself about the history of out military involvment in Central America i urge you to read:
Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
by Walter LaFeber
About this title: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are five small countries, and yet no other part of the world is more important to the US. This book explains the history of US/Central American relations, explaining why these countries have remained so overpopulated, illiterate and violent; and why US government notions of economic and military security combine to keep in place a system of Central American dependency. This second edition is updated to include new material covering the Reagan and Bush years, and the Iran/Contra affair.
If you would like to see an example of the US overthrowing a democratically elected Government because of bananas, I urge you to read:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stori ... eline.html#
U.S.-Backed Coup, Civil War Starts
1954–1965
On July 2, 1954, the U.S.-backed coup, commanded by Guatemalan exile Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, overthrew the democratically elected President Jacobo Arbenz. Castillo installed himself as president, and the U.S. administration cast him as a hero for his victory over communism. In September of the same year, Castillo was formally declared president. Once in office, he removed voting rights for illiterate Guatemalans and cancelled the new agrarian reform law, which forced peasants to give up their newly acquired lands. Castillo also decreed a Preventive Penal Law against Communism, which led to the arbitrary arrest of individuals labeled as communists. The regime imprisoned thousands of people indefinitely, allowing them no right of appeal. Meanwhile, resentment began to surface of the CIA's role in toppling the alleged communist-backed government of Arbenz and Guatemalans protested during Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s trip to South America in 1958.
The coup set the stage for Guatemala's long and brutal civil war, which officially began in 1960 -- fueled by a broad polarization between rich and poor in the country. Government military forces and right-wing militias battled leftist rebels, mostly Mayan insurgents, who were fighting for economic and social justice.
Government-backed militias largely acted as death squads, creating terror in the Guatemalan population with forced "disappearances" of victims, often followed by torture and murder. The mutilated bodies of victims (many of them labor leaders and political opponents) were dumped in ditches, on sidewalks and along roads.
In the next three decades the U.S. continued its war against communism in Guatemala and throughout Latin America, in supporting right wing military governments that openly violated human rights.
