What I sent to my Honorable Congressman
Dear Texas's 7th district Honorable Congressman John Abney Culberson,
I was not born in the USA but as they say here in Texas I came as soon as I could.
I am an American citizen now in good standing (I think) but does being an American citizen require me to leave my common sense behind?
I know about "manifest destiny" but does it mean that I shouldn't question the 1848 War with Mexico when American 6 shooter Colts won the day against Mexican single shot muskets?
Does my American desire to democratize the world extend to the 1898 War with Spain when America became a colonial power by taking over the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico? Cuba we let go after a while but it is still perceived as a pain in the neck.
Am I also required to be amnesiac and forget the 1953 CIA plot in Iran, Operation Ajax, which overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and put the Shah back in power? Also the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war when American Republicans (the Reagan years) were more than willing to supply Iraq's Saddam Hussein with arms and the chemicals to gas Kurds and Iranian pasdarans? Should I expect Iran to play nice with us now and help us with the horrible mess we made in Iraq?
As for Russia (the former Soviet Union), we did our darnest to thwart their invasion of Afghanistan in 1979-1989. Osama Bin Ladin and the Islamofascists (what we call the muhajadeens today) were our friends then and we kept them well trained and armed. Now Putin and Co. should be our allies and help us with our invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq?
Saddam Hussein as written above was our friend and ally in the 1970's and 1980's. When did he become our enemy number one that we had to invade his country and hang him? When he couldn't win the Iran-Iraq war in spite of all our help?
Israel, why are we supporting it? If our intent is to export our democratic ways and our way of life, why are we denying the right to self-determination to the 136 million people (all the inhabitants of the countries bordering the Jewish entity in the Middle East) by aiding and abetting the 4.5 million Jews squatting where they are not welcome?
While please excuse me for not being a Republican, something I could never do since I am so liberal, I would be very grateful if you could put the above in the proper perspective for me so that I could become a better American citizen.
Respectfully,
I was not born in the USA but as they say here in Texas I came as soon as I could.
I am an American citizen now in good standing (I think) but does being an American citizen require me to leave my common sense behind?
I know about "manifest destiny" but does it mean that I shouldn't question the 1848 War with Mexico when American 6 shooter Colts won the day against Mexican single shot muskets?
Does my American desire to democratize the world extend to the 1898 War with Spain when America became a colonial power by taking over the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico? Cuba we let go after a while but it is still perceived as a pain in the neck.
Am I also required to be amnesiac and forget the 1953 CIA plot in Iran, Operation Ajax, which overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and put the Shah back in power? Also the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war when American Republicans (the Reagan years) were more than willing to supply Iraq's Saddam Hussein with arms and the chemicals to gas Kurds and Iranian pasdarans? Should I expect Iran to play nice with us now and help us with the horrible mess we made in Iraq?
As for Russia (the former Soviet Union), we did our darnest to thwart their invasion of Afghanistan in 1979-1989. Osama Bin Ladin and the Islamofascists (what we call the muhajadeens today) were our friends then and we kept them well trained and armed. Now Putin and Co. should be our allies and help us with our invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq?
Saddam Hussein as written above was our friend and ally in the 1970's and 1980's. When did he become our enemy number one that we had to invade his country and hang him? When he couldn't win the Iran-Iraq war in spite of all our help?
Israel, why are we supporting it? If our intent is to export our democratic ways and our way of life, why are we denying the right to self-determination to the 136 million people (all the inhabitants of the countries bordering the Jewish entity in the Middle East) by aiding and abetting the 4.5 million Jews squatting where they are not welcome?
While please excuse me for not being a Republican, something I could never do since I am so liberal, I would be very grateful if you could put the above in the proper perspective for me so that I could become a better American citizen.
Respectfully,
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