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Really? A 100 million dollar base in Niger? That’s renting? That’s not signaling who the new boss is gonna be?
Two new bases in Kosovo? One of them quite massive...but that’s just renting, huh? Just playing the good tenant, right?
I mean, should these nations elect a leader that doesn’t like us, why we’d just leave, wouldn’t we! We wouldn’t use the CIA to foment a coup or anything, right?
Sober up dude, and quit being so drunk on your own patriotism.
I think the poster was being sarcastic with the use of ""
One topic you and I never disagree upon is US foreign involvement.
It's a stupid holiday--one of those half holidays with some working, some not, but I do celebrate the light traffic.
They ought to get rid of it. It mostly celebrates lobbyists.
"...It became a federal holiday in 1937 after much lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, and other prominent Italian Americans...."
Really? A 100 million dollar base in Niger? That’s renting? That’s not signaling who the new boss is gonna be?
Two new bases in Kosovo? One of them quite massive...but that’s just renting, huh? Just playing the good tenant, right?
I mean, should these nations elect a leader that doesn’t like us, why we’d just leave, wouldn’t we! We wouldn’t use the CIA to foment a coup or anything, right?
Sober up dude, and quit being so drunk on your own patriotism.
Eh, I don't believe we should have bases anywhere, hence the sarcasm emoji after my statement
Columbus set the impetus for imperialism. The British Empire conquered continental North America at the dawn of independence. So why is it even a day of remembrance?
Also, Columbus didn't even land in Continental North America, only the Caribbean.
Columbus is important because his journey exploded the long held myth that the earth was flat. CC broke through the false belief held by mainstream science that paralyzed europe and constrained exploration and human migration.
Columbus is more relevant today than ever.
Remember when michelle obama said ina speech in PR that we must rewrite our hstory. Well the events that are unfolding now are part of that claim that obviously was on the socialists agenda before oabama was elected in 2008. Too bad the investigative reporters were not curious as to michelle's slip of the tongue revealing the socialist agenda.
Columbus set the impetus for imperialism. The British Empire conquered continental North America at the dawn of independence. So why is it even a day of remembrance?
Also, Columbus didn't even land in Continental North America, only the Caribbean.
Columbus Day is the day that Italian Americans celebrate the love that we have for America. Since the Italians embraced America with no reservation and no foreign allegiance or dual citizenship, how about letting us enjoy our holiday in peace.
It's a stupid holiday--one of those half holidays with some working, some not, but I do celebrate the light traffic.
They ought to get rid of it. It mostly celebrates lobbyists.
"...It became a federal holiday in 1937 after much lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, and other prominent Italian Americans...."
The lobbying by current promoters of Italian culture is hard to understand, in their unrelenting insistence on honoring this demon, who has been rivaled only by the likes of Idi Amin and Hitler, for the way they treated people. You'd think they would be so appalled by what he did, that they'd want to separate themselves from any memory of him.
In fact, he was a mercenary sailor, serving Spain, which has time and again, plundered and slaughtered other people. If it hadn't been for that severe storm that blew their Armada off course and to its demise, they might have trashed England and its associated regions.
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