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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (119574)11/14/2003 8:18:55 PM
From: epicure  Respond to of 281500
 
Mark Twain had many interesting things to say about American imperialism. Many of the things he said could have been written about our actions today. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose (pardon my French :-)

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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (119574)11/14/2003 9:24:26 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
That was 100 years ago, Jacob. In more recent times, the Phillipines voted not to renew the lease on our bases. And we left. We didn't refuse to leave, and we didn't depose the Philippino goverment.

Doesn't this undercut your claim that we support no real democracies, only obedient little-kid democracies?