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* two centuries of slavery | * two centuries of slavery | ||
* a further century of [[apartheid]] ([[Jim Crow]] laws, [[separate but equal]]...) | * a further century of [[apartheid]] ([[Jim Crow]] laws, [[separate but equal]]...) | ||
| − | * internment of Japanese-descended American citizens during [[World War II]] | + | * [[Japanese American internment|internment of Japanese-descended American citizens]] during [[World War II]] |
* the [[genocide of the American Indians]] | * the [[genocide of the American Indians]] | ||
| + | ** [[Indian Removal Act]] | ||
| + | * [[McCarthyism]] | ||
====foreign==== | ====foreign==== | ||
These items also fall into the category of [[American imperialism]], something which [[US conservatism|conservatives]] generally deny exists. | These items also fall into the category of [[American imperialism]], something which [[US conservatism|conservatives]] generally deny exists. | ||
* [[George H.W. Bush]] urging [[Iraq]]i Shiites to rise up against Saddam Hussein with the promise that [[1991 Gulf War|we were "on our way"]] and would protect them, and then backing off – thus allowing Saddam to murder almost a million of his own people (while our own General Schwarzkopf pleaded for just 12 more hours to reach Basra) [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/09/freshly-back-from-china-and-japan-where.html] | * [[George H.W. Bush]] urging [[Iraq]]i Shiites to rise up against Saddam Hussein with the promise that [[1991 Gulf War|we were "on our way"]] and would protect them, and then backing off – thus allowing Saddam to murder almost a million of his own people (while our own General Schwarzkopf pleaded for just 12 more hours to reach Basra) [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2007/09/freshly-back-from-china-and-japan-where.html] | ||
| − | ** "There is another way for the bloodshed to stop: And that is, for the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside and then comply with the United Nations' resolutions and rejoin the family of peace-loving nations." -- GHWB, 1991-02-15, on the Voice of America; sources: [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/05/cp.00.html CNN], [[google:cache:traprockpeace.org/scr1441hurd.doc+%22There+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop|here]], [[google:cache:mondediplo.com/2004/11/02iraq+%22There+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop|here]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=r01JOuwdf2oC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=%22there+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop+and+that+is+for+the+iraqi+military%22&source=web&ots=GYW0RodERI&sig=KzaFf5YfvySCEojYnsgW1k8kT9s here], [http://blog.neo-libertarian.com/posts/1174764633.shtml here], and {{wikipedia|1991 uprisings in Iraq}} but mysteriously missing from the [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?year=1991&month=2 George (H.W.) Bush Presidential Library archives for Feb. 1991] (a [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?submit=Search&search=Voice+of+America search for "Voice of America"] also does not find it). | + | ** "There is another way for the bloodshed to stop: And that is, for the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside and then comply with the United Nations' resolutions and rejoin the family of peace-loving nations." -- GHWB, {{date|1991-02-15}}, on the Voice of America; sources: [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/05/cp.00.html CNN], [[google:cache:traprockpeace.org/scr1441hurd.doc+%22There+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop|here]], [[google:cache:mondediplo.com/2004/11/02iraq+%22There+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop|here]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=r01JOuwdf2oC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=%22there+is+another+way+for+the+bloodshed+to+stop+and+that+is+for+the+iraqi+military%22&source=web&ots=GYW0RodERI&sig=KzaFf5YfvySCEojYnsgW1k8kT9s here], [http://blog.neo-libertarian.com/posts/1174764633.shtml here], and {{wikipedia|1991 uprisings in Iraq}} but mysteriously missing from the [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?year=1991&month=2 George (H.W.) Bush Presidential Library archives for Feb. 1991] (a [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?submit=Search&search=Voice+of+America search for "Voice of America"] also does not find it). |
** further reading: ''The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East'' by Robert Fisk [http://www.amazon.com/Great-War-Civilisation-Conquest-Middle/dp/1400075173/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4630502-8796617 Amazon] (unchecked; submitted by 3rd party) | ** further reading: ''The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East'' by Robert Fisk [http://www.amazon.com/Great-War-Civilisation-Conquest-Middle/dp/1400075173/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4630502-8796617 Amazon] (unchecked; submitted by 3rd party) | ||
* '''1953''': Overthrowing the [[democratic]]ally-elected leader of [[Iran]], [[Mohammed Mosaddeq]] (or Mosaddegh or Mossadegh), and replacing him with a compliant monarch (the Shah), because we wanted more control over Iranian oil | * '''1953''': Overthrowing the [[democratic]]ally-elected leader of [[Iran]], [[Mohammed Mosaddeq]] (or Mosaddegh or Mossadegh), and replacing him with a compliant monarch (the Shah), because we wanted more control over Iranian oil | ||
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* overthrowing the Aristide government - twice | * overthrowing the Aristide government - twice | ||
* attempting to overthrow the Chavez government ([[Venezuela]]) | * attempting to overthrow the Chavez government ([[Venezuela]]) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Filed Links=== | ===Filed Links=== | ||
{{links.tagged}} | {{links.tagged}} | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 20 July 2009
Overview
This page is about stains on America's honor. Those who either care about America or who claim to represent America's interests must learn from these lessons and prevent the mistakes of the past from being repeated.
The List
Agreed Items
domestic
- two centuries of slavery
- a further century of apartheid (Jim Crow laws, separate but equal...)
- internment of Japanese-descended American citizens during World War II
- the genocide of the American Indians
- McCarthyism
foreign
These items also fall into the category of American imperialism, something which conservatives generally deny exists.
- George H.W. Bush urging Iraqi Shiites to rise up against Saddam Hussein with the promise that we were "on our way" and would protect them, and then backing off – thus allowing Saddam to murder almost a million of his own people (while our own General Schwarzkopf pleaded for just 12 more hours to reach Basra) [1]
- "There is another way for the bloodshed to stop: And that is, for the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside and then comply with the United Nations' resolutions and rejoin the family of peace-loving nations." -- GHWB, 1991-02-15, on the Voice of America; sources: CNN, here, here, here, here, and Wikipedia but mysteriously missing from the George (H.W.) Bush Presidential Library archives for Feb. 1991 (a search for "Voice of America" also does not find it).
- further reading: The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk Amazon (unchecked; submitted by 3rd party)
- 1953: Overthrowing the democratically-elected leader of Iran, Mohammed Mosaddeq (or Mosaddegh or Mossadegh), and replacing him with a compliant monarch (the Shah), because we wanted more control over Iranian oil
To Be Researched
- starting two wars with Mexico
- Spanish-American war
- conquest of the Philippines
- "The War Prayer", a short piece by Mark Twain, was apparently written in outraged reaction to the US intervention in the Philippines (is this the same thing as the "conquest"?)
- conquest of the Sandwich Islands
- training the Savak
- overthrowing the Arbenz government
- overthrowing the Allende government
- killing three million Vietnamese (see Vietnam War)
- supplying the PKI's membership list to our new puppet government so that a half million Indonesians could be killed
- supplying the Indonesian government weapons so that they could invade and terrorize East-Timor for twenty years
- training death squads and torturers at the School of the Americas (now renamed)
- financing and training the Contras in Nicaragua
- financing and training the death squads in El Salvador
- overthrowing the Aristide government - twice
- attempting to overthrow the Chavez government (Venezuela)
Links
Filed Links
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