| | For sure, the influx of Latino teen immigrants of late has been bothering not a few Americans. Instead of railing against their persistence in coming to the US, Americans will do well to get to the bottom of what has been motivating them. By all means, go learn about the annexation, in the previous centuries, of vast chunks of territories (Texas, Califfornia, Colorado, Arizona, Utah & etc --- all of them Latino terrirories). Unless you examine how the US has been exploiting Central American countries for a very long time, your reaction to the hordes of Central American teenagers coming here, is nothing more than just an egregious exhibition of your hatred and ignorance.
For starters, read William Blum's book,
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II--Updated Through 2003 by William Blum
Book Description
Publication Date: October 1, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1567512526 | ISBN-13: 978-1567512526 | Edition: Updated
Is the United States a force for democracy? In this classic and unique volume that answers this question, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. Remarks from the previous edition:
"Far and away the best book on the topic."—Noam Chomsky
"A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy."— Choice
"I enjoyed it immensely."—Gore Vidal
"The single most useful summary of CIA history."—John Stockwell
"Each chapter I read makes me more and more angry."—Helen Caldicott
"A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important."—Thomas Powers, author and Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist
"A very valuable book. The research and organization are extremely impressive."
—A.J. Langguth, author and former New York Times bureau chief For those who want the details on our most famous -actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about our lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what our foreign policy goals really are. William Blum is the author of Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower . |
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