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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (282831)12/5/2008 12:04:46 PM
From: Bridge Player3 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 794298
 
When the local yokels started getting stroppy, the British politely bowed out and left the local thugocracy to murder their way into possession of whatever assets were left behind.

Maurice Winn's ", A Brief History of the American Revolution."



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (282831)12/5/2008 12:14:25 PM
From: skinowski  Respond to of 794298
 
left the local thugocracy to murder their way into possession

Good examples - Bermuda and Caymans vs. Jamaica, Haiti and many others. Much too often independence was an opportunity for local warlords to have themselves a nice little power struggle, with the local population, predictably, being the losers.


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