eMbry00s Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Did you know that Cuba is the only country in the world where Coca Cola is not for sale? It is. There is absolutely no reason for USA to meddle in the affairs of wiz.. er, other countries. They would not have needed tow worry about the missiles if they hadn't meddled already. "(Middle East oil is) a stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world history."- U.S. State Department, 1945 China 1945-46 Korea 1950-53China 1950-53Guatemala 1954Indonesia 1958Cuba 1959-60Guatemala 1960Belgian Congo 1964Guatemala 1964Dominican Republic 1965-66Peru 1965Laos 1964-73Vietnam 1961-73Cambodia 1969-70Guatemala 1967-69Lebanon 1982-84Grenada 1983-84Libya 1986El Salvador 1981-92Nicaragua 1981-90Libya 1986Iran 1987-88Libya 1989Panama 1989-90Iraq 1991-2002Kuwait 1991Somalia 1992-94Croatia 1994 (of Serbs at Krajina)Bosnia 1995Iran 1998 (airliner)Sudan 1998Afghanistan 1998Yugoslavia 1999Afghanistan 2001-02 Not including military recklessness like Italy 1998 "200 killed by US warplane in cable car"or China 2001 "Chinese military pilot killed by spy plane collision"and not including 'proxy' bombings of Iraq by Israel in 1981 using sixteen US made F15 bombers and brand new F16 fighter bombers- http://www.davidbeaumont.btinternet.co.uk/...listbombed.html American bombings, by date. Some countries bombed twice, thus counted twice. Looking at the list of 26 countries then, 13 are a republic or somevariety of democracy. I do not know how well those democracies arefunctioning. It would depend upon subjective criteria. Here is thelist of 26 countries, duplicate entries removed: China (Communist)Korea (North Korea, authoritarian socialist dictatorship; South Korea,Republic)Cuba (Communist)Belgian Congo (dictatorship, transitional)Laos (Communist)Vietnam (Communist)Libya (military dictatorship, or local council government"Jamahiriya")Iran (theocratic republic, theocracy)Kuwait (constitutional monarchy)Somalia (transitional)Sudan (authoritarian military junta)Afghanistan (transitional)Yugoslavia (has broken into multiple states)Guatemala (constitutional democratic republic)Indonesia (republic)Dominican Republic (representative democracy)Peru (republic)Cambodia (multiparty democracy under constitutional monarchy)Lebanon (republic)Grenada (constitutional monarchy, Westminster-style parliament)El Salvador (republic)Nicaragua (republic)Panama (constitutional democracy)Iraq (republic)Croatia (presidential/parliamentary democracy)Bosnia (emerging federal democratic republic)- http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=175628 Thats my two cents (... and thats the last time I use that damn expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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