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Originally Posted by andywire
I believe he's trying to say we are continuing with our empire building ways. We've done quite a many awful things in central America decades ago. Recall our role in Panama or Guatemala during their civil wars? There are deep holes filled with hundreds of bodies with our military's name all over them. We got away with it then (with a little backlash from the UN) and so I'm sure there are many who believe we can get away with it today.
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Thank you. I do not think we can get away with that kind of thing these days and I was confused to historical references to seemingly irrelevant activities that were before my time.