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Subject:	Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:32:49 GMT
Reply-To:	jsproat@io.[AvoidSpam]com
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Ensio Tammi wrote: > FYI, > it was Mt. Pinatubo located in mid Luzon, Philippines, which erupted in > 1991. > On of the most important consequnsies was that the U.S. Air Force has to > leave Philippines (cause they were located near the vulcano and were afraid > that the pyroclastic clouds and ash would destroy the air field). Well, what do you know -- it really was destroyed. The homes on the base were buried under four feet of ash. > Few months > later the Navy sailed away and finally the Philippinos felt they were free > from the Uncle Sam's tyranny. Yah, I guess the Phillipinos would have rather been content with the Marcos' home-grown flavor of tyranny. (1) I know, I know, the Marcos' fled from a popular revolt roughly six years before Pinatubo blew. My point is that the U.S. presence was the lesser evil when compared to Ferdinand's home-grown (and recently increasingly popular) flavor of corruption. > I guess U.S. is the only country in the world, > still having some (major) colonnialistic toughts. I agree -- that your guess is just a guess. At last glance, France and China and Russia and India and Pakistan and Iraq and a bunch of other powerful nations had their eye towards expanding their borders. We Americans may have a longer history of imperialism than others, but we're definitely not alone. But I guess we all have to model our own reality, neh? Cheers, - jsproat -- Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> http://www.io.com/~jsproat/ Darth Maul Lives

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		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
(...) Uh? I can see China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Iraq. But France???? No the USA is not alone in imperialism. If you were willing to go back 30 or 40 years you could add a whole host of other countries - South Africa, the UK, Argentian, Spain, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
(...) There is a message posted by me some time ago, not coincided but closely related: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
Sproaticus wrote <37C57A41.F8EBB1BC@io.com>... <snip> (...) Marcos' (...) Marcos' couldn't do what he did without the support and approval of the U.S. government. Do you have any ideas what happened in the Marcos' era? (What was the country Marcos (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
<skip> (...) argument, (...) belt, (...) entire (...) FYI, it was Mt. Pinatubo located in mid Luzon, Philippines, which erupted in 1991. On of the most important consequnsies was that the U.S. Air Force has to leave Philippines (cause they were (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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