Re: Climate Change Thread
I'm well aware of the US assistance in the de-colonization until it realized too late it only resulted in Communist dictatorships leading to our support of other pro-Western dictatorships.
The US didn't want France to keep Indo-china or Britain to regain Hong Kong either.
American policy was naive in thinking in the absence of colonies that freedom, democracy and open markets would occur naturally.
It still doesn't excuse giving full independence without prepping the new country for it.
Last edited by spmetla; 11-10-2017 at 22:46.
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
-Abraham Lincoln
Four stage strategy from Yes, Minister:
Stage one we say nothing is going to happen.
Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
Stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.
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