-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I stated: > > I wonder if the Germans would suggest West Berlin, as well as the > > continued military occupation of Japan.
Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> stated: > So: > > 1) Freddy said that the US has never gone to war to expand its > borders. > > 2) Kent replied that the Native Americans might disagree > > 3) You said that [snip] the Germans might suggest West Berlin and > the continued occupation of Japan No, I said I _wonder_ if the Germans or Japanese would consider the continued military occupation of their country such an expansion. > The clear implication of your response is that West Berlin and the > continued occupation of Japan imply that we went to war to expand > our orders. Actually, the clear implication is that I consider the military occupation of 170 different countries by the US to be reprehensible, which causes me to wonder what the peoples so occupied think of it. If you want to get really picky, neither Cuba nor the Philipines were ever included in the "expanding borders" of the US, compared for instance with Hawaii, but those two examples of military conquest by the US were not picked out of the pile I presented. I agree that the US did not specifically "expand the border" into every example of military conquest I gave. So you and I do not actually disagree. It remains, however, that I do wonder how those folks feel about the continued military occupation of their country. I certainly would not be happy with, say, French military bases in New Jersey. Curt- - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRe8r7i9Y35yItIgBAQJtCQf+JJidV3G6zvgNzYx56dO3iI6fOVWf1oYm TIyyWXA+UgnpC2y2kWnT4gd5DL3pp5iwSLl14+myq2BE4HARZfuZTv7+ZjKQqnWO /9obmzXO5Pul7jD9GMZgY3bdVm6NYQ68Ef0mTeOmUJw6abUTXAAttBA45plXhWRJ Sxpkle8vCrELMWq+yHEMy4BMneVP0opU2Q68esuhZX1Js8q/JI60YJA0ZLBEgZ9n 4GYcBybtMRLsMsGhM2g4//UJ6slnOdwrBMs/08OZfk36dhGBrBNq5nC52SYsVE5X SVbyobQDVK48Qgc+GNvqQUjaT0S2ksijMRwQiUqU3aN7FMp66cKisA== =/6/I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
