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 Originally Posted by BananaStand
Me no understand? Why talk as cave man?
Care to elaborate?
These countries had money that they were determined to spend. Are you suggesting that America should have come in and said "Nah man, how about you put that in a savings account". Is it our responsibility to be the world's financial adviser?
If you're at a poker table, with a nut hand, in position, on the river, and it's checked to you.....you should bet, right? Should you check-back just because you're opponent is poor, stupid, drunk, deeply in debt, and doesn't know any better?
On a poker table, your expectation is to be fleeced. There are no allies.
What happened here was a country sending in operatives who posed as allies to those who had resources but did not know what to do with them, with the pretence of being an ally to assure mutual growth, just to be fleeced every single time.
Side with your people and you get deposed (like Mossadegh) or killed (like Torrijos).
I don't see how you can possibly think that this is a good thing, but then again, I'm not really surprised.
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