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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago
[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And Mexico. And Spain. And even Britain (in the pacific northwest).

ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.

To be fair, most of those were also "Spain" at the time.

[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Also Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

and literally the entirety of south america, sans like one or two countries

[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

I don't know of the US ever occupying or controlling (explicitly) a south american country.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

then you should study it a little bit closer. or at all.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

And all the proxy wars on the middle eats.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Around here we call the middle eats "lunch".

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They were native, they just didn't know they were American yet.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Fortunately, they were lethally informed.

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