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** One of his officers, Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, spent several years as part of a Japanese mission studying naval tactics in the United Kingdom and the United States between the world wars. Not at all surprising when one recalls that the Anglo-Japanese alliance was only dropped in the early '20s and that both Empires had received some measure of [[We Used to Be Friends|US assistance]] in the latter part of their [[World War I|War against Germany.]] |
** One of his officers, Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, spent several years as part of a Japanese mission studying naval tactics in the United Kingdom and the United States between the world wars. Not at all surprising when one recalls that the Anglo-Japanese alliance was only dropped in the early '20s and that both Empires had received some measure of [[We Used to Be Friends|US assistance]] in the latter part of their [[World War I|War against Germany.]] |
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* Jose Marti, (a Cuban revolutionary from the turn of the 20th century) once said (in relation to American, where he got his education), "I know the monster, because I have lived in its lair." |
* Jose Marti, (a Cuban revolutionary from the turn of the 20th century) once said (in relation to American, where he got his education), "I know the monster, because I have lived in its lair." |
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* [[Osama Bin Laden]]. When his compound was searched after his death, among the items found in his compound were American soft drinks (including Coke and Pepsi), Nesquik, and Vaseline, all items that seem contradictory to the anti-capitalism views he claimed to have. There was also quite a lot of pornography (magazines ''and'' videos) something he and most other Islamic extremists claim to despise. |
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