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Originally Posted by Dom1
History is full of people getting land taken from them, including those who came here. Tired old argument which should get no play.
Secondly, nobody alive today was involved in setting up the US so your point is moot anyway.
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Yet. but there are lots a live who have been involved in taking from people in other lands by invasion and other ways that if done to the the US or people of the US would generate lots of outrage.
I'm sure that a few of those involved in trying to gain control of Iran's mineral wealth by taking control of its government, installing what was expected to be a US puppet, the Shah of Iran.
And I suspect a good number who tried to take property in Cuba are still alive.
And what of Hawaii?
And the land and wealth of the native people within the US have been taken in violation of treaties and laws, even in recent history.
The last people to be all righteous and sanctimonious are the American people.
The US is consuming a quarter of the non-renewable resources of the planet, and in the process playing a major role in setting up the planet for major climate changes that aren't going to be good for US citizens who are less than 5% of the population, but for the most part, far worse for the remaining 95% of the people on the planet.
What happened in the past few days in Mexico is just one example of the upcoming storms that are likely to hit many over the coming decades, not to mention the kinds of drought that are hitting the US west and the southeast.
I find it amazing how much people hate those who are giving the most to support the excesses of the people of the US.