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17.04.04, 17:53
USA - państwo terrorystyczne... Nie chodzi o teraźniejszość, choć teraz też by to pasowało.
Coś z historii...
Tak amerykanscy patrioci zdobywali nowe terytoria. Czasem sie im udawało (jak Meksyk), a czasem nie.
www.h-net.org/~hns/articles/2004/040904a.html
The United States a rogue nation? Though it may be hard to believe, before the Civil War, people in Latin America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a base for terrorists.
No one then actually used the term "terrorism" for unauthorized attacks on other countries. Rather, these criminals were called "filibusters." But like modern terrorists, U.S. filibusters operated in underground cells, used secret codes and wreaked havoc. They attacked Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras and were suspected of planning attacks elsewhere.
American filibusters attacked other countries almost every year between the mid-1830s and 1860. The most notorious filibuster was William Walker, who invaded Mexico with a private army in 1853. In 1855 he attacked Nicaragua, soon gaining control of the country. The next year, he arranged his own election as Nicaragua's president in a fixed vote. After losing power in 1857, he attacked Central America again, finally in 1860 suffering death at the hands of a Honduran firing squad.
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A dodatkowo warto obejrzeć "Gangs of New York". To idealny obraz USA, "demokracji" amerykanskiej i plemiennosci amerykanskiego społeczenstwa.
To obraz aktualny, a nie historyczny.
Amerykanscy patrioci są własnie tacy jak "Bill the Butcher".
