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| Kerry: Monroe Doctrine Dead |
| 2013-11-19 |
[An Nahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... on Monday declared that a nearly 200-year-old policy which had governed Washington's relations with Latin America was finally dead. Known as the Monroe Doctrine after it was adopted in 1823 by former U.S. president James Monroe, the policy had stated that any efforts by European countries to colonize land in North or South America would be views as aggressive acts and could require U.S. intervention. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Anything in the Monroe doctrine about Mexico colonizing the southwest United States as a threat? |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-11-19 19:03 |
| #4 I think you might be on to something there, EU6305! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-11-19 12:29 |
| #3 I think the Monroe Doctrine might have come into play when the Soviets were supporting Castro. Might be applicable now if the Chinese get too heavily involved in the Panama Canal. I see no reason to publicly abandon it unless the goal is to project weakness. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-11-19 11:31 |
| #2 As there is no chance of a European country "colonizing" parts of Latin America anymore this is really a moot point. There has not been any real point to this for many years. Now, if we want to apply similar conditions on increasing economic and political clout from "ferners" like China, Iran, Russia et. al. then that's another pigmented horse. This seems to me to be just another squirrel from the lamest regime ever as it attempts to destroy the US. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-11-19 07:03 |
| #1 Its not clear at this time iff Brazil or a Brazil Argentina bloc can come to control or dominate the post/extra-Mercusor, future OWG South American Global Fed Union. The Falklands are still British, + AFAIK Brasilia' thus far hasn't done anything to stop or hinder Iran + Hezbollah from penetrating into the lower Americas. D *** NG IT, PAULA "DELILAH/BATHSHEBA" ABDUL, YA SEE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER YOU KICKED THE COCONUT - DADDY-O ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK + THE MONROE DOCTRINE COLLAPSED - I'M TELLING MOM! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-11-19 00:26 |