A friend (whom most readers are familiar with) sent me an interesting substack by David T. Pyne, entitled: Modern Wars the U.S. Should Never Have Fought or Should Have Fought Differently U.S. Involvement in major 20th and 21st century wars resulted in millions of unnecessary deaths while creating new enemies making the U.S. much less secure
So starting with the War with Spain, I see statements here about American Imperialism yet nothing at all about Pacific Trade. In those days Coal was the fuel of transport and places to get it, securely, were needed and war on supply lines in the third world was not much different than today but took much much longer to respond to so little islands of influence popped up all over for about everyone. Germany and the US got to the Colonialism Table very late but the US was mostly looking for trade not colonies but Germany was and most all the good ones were taken. In this part of the arena the US was a small new player and got Coaling Stations like Chichi Jima and a hand full of protectorates. Germany was sucking up whatever colonies they could. Cuba was given it's independence in 1902 but with stipulations, the date had been set for the return of Sovereignty in the Philippians but Tokyo interfered in 1941. Many things were taking place and THAT and ALL needs to come into the discussions if this is to be an Objective Look at, not repeat of Soviet anti- Vietnam War talking points, Christ they funded Ho and pushed him to invade then funded the Stockholm Peace Conference and the anti-war movement in the USA, hardly a source for anything. Joe McCarthy had a very legitimate concern, Communists working in the Federal government, if someone has something documented that says otherwise please provide the documentation. He had nothing to do with Hollywood. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor there were 300 Soviet Agents working for the Federal Government, source: Venona Transcripts. In my Truth Quests I've found common knowledge is not accurate. This could be a very wonderful talk and discussion that could help immensely. 2 Coups not brought up so far, the Shah of Iran and the installation of Diem in South Vietnam. In Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was known to be aligned with the Soviets as well as Britten had their Oil desires and needs. Most of the discussion is based on how horrid the US was to be involved here, most forget that Trueman really thought we could do business with old Uncle Joe, not so at all, the biggest thing forgotten in all this is plain and simple the Communists. But few look at what we were countering.
What? No reexamination of WW2? Hitler was evil. So was Stalin, perhaps more so if we calculate just sheer body counts. Japan in 1940? We had to bait them a la neocon style w Putin to attack Pearl Harbor and then pretend it was a surprise so Roosevelt could hypnotize Americans into a war fever from which they were clearly resistant hitherto. It's awfully strange that Americans are always being brainwashed into wars to liberate and protect some people thousands of miles away but get skewered here at home by the brainwashers. Isolationism looks better and better. If not for the mass mobilization and shredding of the Constitution by Roosevelt in WW2, we wouldn't have a deep state, DC swamp, or surveillance state.
Indeed, Sid. It now seems impossible to conceive that the North felt fully justified in killing hundreds of thousands of their fellow Americans to force them to stay in a "Union." That was the end.
I wonder when we will see a what if article regarding the war between the states, discussing the numerous ill effects of said conflict. The Monroe doctrine was paused allowing for European meddling in Mexico, Archduke Maximilian would have never been installed as Emperor. Not to mention the devastation of the southern states by the union armies.
Re: Spanish-American War--Cuba had been an issue for many years. Before the Civil War, some in the southern states were interested in taking Cuba from Spain. In the Pacific, we had a naval base in Hawaii even before we took the Philippines. A revolution started by American planters in the Islands had overthrown the monarchy earlier. The utility of Pearl Harbor convinced the US government to annex Hawaii. This started a process in the Pacific by which we acquired Guam and Wake Island, both of which figured in WWII.
But did Cuba remain an "issue" once the question of a CSA led slave empire was put to rest? It seems the US bypassed opportunities to meddle in Cuba after the Civil War.
Hawai'i, while a long way from CA, is also a very long way from the Philippines--and Japan and China. The US got Guam from Spain in the settlement of the Spanish - American War.
While there were valid reasons for our 2001 military ops. in Afghanistan, there was no good reason to remain there for 20 years. Should have been what the Brits called a punitive expedition, 20 weeks would have sufficed.
Eric Holder. His wife's family is very big in the abortion business in Atlanta--so, mostly killing black babies. That's not discussed in non-deplorable circles.
So starting with the War with Spain, I see statements here about American Imperialism yet nothing at all about Pacific Trade. In those days Coal was the fuel of transport and places to get it, securely, were needed and war on supply lines in the third world was not much different than today but took much much longer to respond to so little islands of influence popped up all over for about everyone. Germany and the US got to the Colonialism Table very late but the US was mostly looking for trade not colonies but Germany was and most all the good ones were taken. In this part of the arena the US was a small new player and got Coaling Stations like Chichi Jima and a hand full of protectorates. Germany was sucking up whatever colonies they could. Cuba was given it's independence in 1902 but with stipulations, the date had been set for the return of Sovereignty in the Philippians but Tokyo interfered in 1941. Many things were taking place and THAT and ALL needs to come into the discussions if this is to be an Objective Look at, not repeat of Soviet anti- Vietnam War talking points, Christ they funded Ho and pushed him to invade then funded the Stockholm Peace Conference and the anti-war movement in the USA, hardly a source for anything. Joe McCarthy had a very legitimate concern, Communists working in the Federal government, if someone has something documented that says otherwise please provide the documentation. He had nothing to do with Hollywood. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor there were 300 Soviet Agents working for the Federal Government, source: Venona Transcripts. In my Truth Quests I've found common knowledge is not accurate. This could be a very wonderful talk and discussion that could help immensely. 2 Coups not brought up so far, the Shah of Iran and the installation of Diem in South Vietnam. In Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was known to be aligned with the Soviets as well as Britten had their Oil desires and needs. Most of the discussion is based on how horrid the US was to be involved here, most forget that Trueman really thought we could do business with old Uncle Joe, not so at all, the biggest thing forgotten in all this is plain and simple the Communists. But few look at what we were countering.
What? No reexamination of WW2? Hitler was evil. So was Stalin, perhaps more so if we calculate just sheer body counts. Japan in 1940? We had to bait them a la neocon style w Putin to attack Pearl Harbor and then pretend it was a surprise so Roosevelt could hypnotize Americans into a war fever from which they were clearly resistant hitherto. It's awfully strange that Americans are always being brainwashed into wars to liberate and protect some people thousands of miles away but get skewered here at home by the brainwashers. Isolationism looks better and better. If not for the mass mobilization and shredding of the Constitution by Roosevelt in WW2, we wouldn't have a deep state, DC swamp, or surveillance state.
Wilson and Lincoln laid much of the groundwork and foundations upon which the the deep state temples were built.
Indeed, Sid. It now seems impossible to conceive that the North felt fully justified in killing hundreds of thousands of their fellow Americans to force them to stay in a "Union." That was the end.
I wonder when we will see a what if article regarding the war between the states, discussing the numerous ill effects of said conflict. The Monroe doctrine was paused allowing for European meddling in Mexico, Archduke Maximilian would have never been installed as Emperor. Not to mention the devastation of the southern states by the union armies.
WW2 is coming.
Re: Spanish-American War--Cuba had been an issue for many years. Before the Civil War, some in the southern states were interested in taking Cuba from Spain. In the Pacific, we had a naval base in Hawaii even before we took the Philippines. A revolution started by American planters in the Islands had overthrown the monarchy earlier. The utility of Pearl Harbor convinced the US government to annex Hawaii. This started a process in the Pacific by which we acquired Guam and Wake Island, both of which figured in WWII.
But did Cuba remain an "issue" once the question of a CSA led slave empire was put to rest? It seems the US bypassed opportunities to meddle in Cuba after the Civil War.
Hawai'i, while a long way from CA, is also a very long way from the Philippines--and Japan and China. The US got Guam from Spain in the settlement of the Spanish - American War.
While there were valid reasons for our 2001 military ops. in Afghanistan, there was no good reason to remain there for 20 years. Should have been what the Brits called a punitive expedition, 20 weeks would have sufficed.
Wears designer fashions and kills hundreds of kids. Could have been married to Obama's AG, whatshisname?
Eric Holder. His wife's family is very big in the abortion business in Atlanta--so, mostly killing black babies. That's not discussed in non-deplorable circles.