tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5749760749124357792..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Check Please! America Wants Cambodia to Pay Up. The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30209174347122621192017-03-14T23:54:25.269-07:002017-03-14T23:54:25.269-07:00It has a quasi-colonialist nature to it. As Chris ...It has a quasi-colonialist nature to it. As Chris observes, it's "needlessly driving" wedges between the U.S. and Asia. Trump appears to ignore the short and long-term value of these regional relationships if it's something he can't immediately monetize.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33113846802484733102017-03-14T23:03:28.154-07:002017-03-14T23:03:28.154-07:00Bizarre. There have been wedges needlessly driven ...Bizarre. There have been wedges needlessly driven between many Asian countries and the United States (Malaysia, Philippines). Why help China become a hegemonic power?crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81278055024429465732017-03-12T18:40:42.270-07:002017-03-12T18:40:42.270-07:00Yup.
http://www.sprottmoney.com/media//wysiwyg/wor...Yup.<br />http://www.sprottmoney.com/media//wysiwyg/wordpress/o/l/old-world-order-and-new-world-ordr.jpg<br /><br />"Now the United States of Trump..." Why bother to play your trump card everywhere? Looks to me suspiciously close to the obsession...<br />A..non Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30363752327793577752017-03-11T23:09:22.571-08:002017-03-11T23:09:22.571-08:00Reminds me of what France did to Haiti. From Wiki:...Reminds me of what France did to Haiti. From Wiki:<br /><br /><i>Haiti’s legacy of debt began shortly after gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1825, France, with warships at the ready, demanded Haiti compensate France for its loss of men and slave colony. In exchange for French recognition of Haiti as a sovereign republic, France demanded payment of 150 million francs. In 1838, France agreed to reduce the debt to 90 million francs to be paid over a period of 30 years to compensate former plantation owners who had lost their property. The modern equivalent of $21 billion was paid from Haiti to France.</i><br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com