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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Date: 4 Jan 2025 21:04:47 GMT
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 10:15:10 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 04/01/2025 07:56, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> The USA is inherently isolationist ... would rather NOT
>>    mess around with any other countries. There's "Here"
>>    and "Over There".
> 
> Till some guy drives a truck into you and it turns out it's all about
> 'over there'
> 
> Like the UK in the 19th century, the average American has no idea how
> much of his peace prosperity and wealth comes from hard noised
> businessmen backed up by  thin red lines of very tough men indeed,
> operating in far off countries.
> 
> The UK learnt that there is no 'over there' after all.

General Smedley Butler's 'War is a Racket' was in part about his time in 
the Marine Corps division of the United Fruit Company during the Banana 
Wars'.