MB Civic

c/o Glenn Greenwald, Juan Cole gives us a visual aid on US imperialism .. also worth reading the comments, such as “As a Latin American, My experience of US troops or US interferenece is vastly different from [previous East German commenter’s] experience as a German and European. The first country the USA invaded was Cuba in 1898. The first foreign government ever toppled by the State Department was that of Cipriano Castro in Venezuela, in 1908. As you can see, Nazi Germany didn´t even exist. Or the Soviet Union, for that matter.” and “[actually] The first country the US invaded was Canada during the War of 1812. But the first Latin American nation that suffered an US war of agression was Mexico in 1845. Mexico lost half of its territory as a result of that intervention.” – mab .. read more