AMERICAN EMPIRE ATROCITIES:
Invasion of Canada 1775
War of 1812 with Canada
1830's Trail of Tears
1830s Indian Removal Act
1846-1848 Mexican-American war
Native American wars in the west - usage of "scorched earth policy"
1864 Sand Creek massacre
1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
1898 Phillipines, Hawaii and Puerto Rico invasions
Philippine-American War 1899-1902
1902 Cuba takeover
1915-1934 Military occupation of Haiti
1942-1945 Firebombing of Japan
1945 - Hiroshima and Nakasaki
China, 1945-49
Italy, 1947-48
Greece, 1947-49
Philippines, 1945-53
South Korea, 1945-53
Albania, 1949-53
Germany, 1950s
Iran, 1953
Guatemala, 1953-1990s
Middle East, 1956-58
Indonesia, 1957-58
British Guiana/Guyana, 1953-64
Vietnam, 1959-75
Cambodia, 1955-73
The Congo/Zaire, 1960-65
Brazil, 1961-64
Dominican Republic, 1963-66
Cuba, 1959 to present
Indonesia, 1965
Chile, 1964-73
Greece, 1964-74
East Timor, 1975 to present
Nicaragua, 1978-89
Grenada, 1979-84
Libya, 1981-89
Panama, 1989
Iraq, 1990s
Afghanistan, 1979-92
El Salvador, 1980-92
Haiti, 1987-94
Yugoslavia, 1999
Afghanistan occupation 2001-
Iraq occupation 2003-
George Washington's farewell address is often cited as laying the foundation for a tradition of American non-interventionism:
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
President Thomas Jefferson extended Washington's ideas in his March 4, 1801 inaugural address: "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."
" John Quincy Adams wrote that the U.S. "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
This is usually how empires end, by spending too much money maintaining their empires. We are in 130 countries. We have 700 bases around the world. And it’s going to come to an end.
Invasion of Canada 1775
War of 1812 with Canada
1830's Trail of Tears
1830s Indian Removal Act
1846-1848 Mexican-American war
Native American wars in the west - usage of "scorched earth policy"
1864 Sand Creek massacre
1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
1898 Phillipines, Hawaii and Puerto Rico invasions
Philippine-American War 1899-1902
1902 Cuba takeover
1915-1934 Military occupation of Haiti
1942-1945 Firebombing of Japan
1945 - Hiroshima and Nakasaki
China, 1945-49
Italy, 1947-48
Greece, 1947-49
Philippines, 1945-53
South Korea, 1945-53
Albania, 1949-53
Germany, 1950s
Iran, 1953
Guatemala, 1953-1990s
Middle East, 1956-58
Indonesia, 1957-58
British Guiana/Guyana, 1953-64
Vietnam, 1959-75
Cambodia, 1955-73
The Congo/Zaire, 1960-65
Brazil, 1961-64
Dominican Republic, 1963-66
Cuba, 1959 to present
Indonesia, 1965
Chile, 1964-73
Greece, 1964-74
East Timor, 1975 to present
Nicaragua, 1978-89
Grenada, 1979-84
Libya, 1981-89
Panama, 1989
Iraq, 1990s
Afghanistan, 1979-92
El Salvador, 1980-92
Haiti, 1987-94
Yugoslavia, 1999
Afghanistan occupation 2001-
Iraq occupation 2003-
George Washington's farewell address is often cited as laying the foundation for a tradition of American non-interventionism:
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
President Thomas Jefferson extended Washington's ideas in his March 4, 1801 inaugural address: "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."
" John Quincy Adams wrote that the U.S. "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
This is usually how empires end, by spending too much money maintaining their empires. We are in 130 countries. We have 700 bases around the world. And it’s going to come to an end.
