Oregon Magazine TM
February 2003 Volume 3 No 2
Love among the raindrops. Farmer's fields become lakes. The gods of winter hear the gods of spring tuning up their lyres in the distance.
"There
has never been in the history of the world a country in which a regime
change happened at the bayonets of guns that has led to stability." --
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal
OMED: Every major nation on Earth was purchased in blood -- most
of them in combat. Some required revolutions against a colonial power.
America is one of those. Some were the result of armed revolutions
against internal tyrants. The Republic of France is one of those..
Other regime changes came about as a result of foreign invasion.
This list includes Germany, Japan and Italy. The most stable nations
in the world were created at the bayonets of guns. Prince Saud al-Faisal,
in making such a ridiculous statement, displays a complete ignorance of
world history. .
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Oregon Magazine TM
February 2003 Volume 3 No 2 Love among the raindrops. Farmer's fields become lakes. The gods of winter hear the gods of spring tuning up their lyres in the distance. |
