" McKinley ordered the American warships sent to the Philippines at approximately the same time he sent the battleship *Maine* to Cuba and instructed the American Navy to support the Philippine rebels against their Spanish rulers. McKinley asked Congress to declare war because of the sinking of the battleship *Maine*, but we know today that the explosion occurred within the ship and, therefore, could not have been done by the Spanish. In the Philippines, the native rebels were successful in throwing off their Spanish rulers and were aided in their effort by the American Navy. Once the rebels had succeeded, McKinley ordered the American guns turned upon the rebels, murdering them in cold blood by the thousands, and snatched their islands away from them. McKinley then ruled as a military dictator without authority from Congress. Next, without any authority from Congress, he sent five thousand marines into China to help put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was an effort by the Chinese to expel foreigners from their own soil. McKinley joined with other European nations in seeking the spoils of China and sacrificed America's integrity and her right to be called a leader for freedom. "
http://www.mises.org/story/2355#3 On 11/26/06, Helio W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " Lee clearly saw the North's victory as the beginning of the growth of > empire at home, the loss of freedom to Americans and the destruction of the > original ideas of our Founders. He also saw that the domestic empire would > lead to an empire abroad. Consolidation of power into the central government > is the basic premise of collectivism, and it was the basic idea the > Constitution attempted to avoid. After the creation of the domestic American > empire as a result of the Civil War, and then after the next three decades, > America specifically repudiated its one-hundred-year old foreign policy and > initiated the Spanish-American War, allegedly to free Cuba. We now know, > however, that the original and ultimate purpose of the war was to take the > Philippine Islands away from Spain in order to provide coaling stations for > the trade with China that was considered by many American economic interests > to be essential to America's expansion. " > > http://www.mises.org/story/2355#3 > > > On 11/25/06, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Get a grip. > > We'll do the same thing we've done every other time we've ran up against > > a > > wall. > > > > We'll invent the next fuel source, after all that's where the term > > american > > ingenuity comes from <grin> > > > > > > Virgil Bierschwale > > http://www.tccutlery.com > > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
