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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums48 years ago today, the US invaded the Dominican Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic_%281965%E2%80%9366%2942,000 US Marines and Rangers, in addition to troops from Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, participated. 61 gave their lives. 6000 Dominican troops and partisans resisted; over 2000 gave their lives.
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48 years ago today, the US invaded the Dominican Republic (Original Post)
Recursion
Apr 2013
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. Did not know this.
Read the Wiki and it said the reason for the invasion was because the Catholic church,the elite and they US feared the Dominican Republic was going to be another Cuba
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. You always have to be careful of Wiki articles about postwar history
What you described is certainly one way to look at it.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)3. I wonder how many we've invaded since then?
Here are some of the global threats we've snuffed out via invasion:
Cambodia
Afghanistan
Grenada
Panama
Somalia
Lebanon
Serbia
Iraq
Am I forgetting any?
Not to mention snuffing out socialist revolutions in Central America in the 1980s and playing a major role in squashing the FARC in Colombia in the 2000s. Hey, your tax dollars at work.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)4. The Marines Have Landed On The Shores Of Santo Domingo
Phil Ochs:
There have been many changes recently in U.S. foreign policy, take the Dominican Republic, which we did...
(NB: I couldn't a video/audio by Phil; there's a cover if you search; the lyrics tell the story)
Santo Domingo (released 1966 on Phil Ochs in Concert)
There have been many changes recently in U.S. foreign policy, take the Dominican Republic, which we did...
(NB: I couldn't a video/audio by Phil; there's a cover if you search; the lyrics tell the story)
Santo Domingo (released 1966 on Phil Ochs in Concert)
And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth, the sand is burning
And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight, their course is turning
As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest the sea is churning.
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.
The fishermen sweat, they're pausing at their nets, the day's a-burning
As the warships sway and thunder in the bay, loud the morning.
But the boy on the shore is throwing pebbles no more, he runs a-warning
That the the marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.
The streets are still, there's silence in the hills, the town is sleeping
And the farmers yawn in the grey silver dawn, the fields they're keeping
As the first troops land and step into the sand, the flags are weeping.
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.
The unsmiling sun is shining down upon the singing soldiers
In the cloud dust whirl they whistle at the girls, they're getting bolder
The old women sigh, think of memories gone by, they shrug their shoulders.
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.
Ready for the tricks, their bayonets are fixed, now they are rolling
And the tanks make tracks past the trembling shacks where fear is unfolding
All the young wives afraid, turn their backs to the parade with babes they're holding
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
A bullet cracks the sound, the soldiers hit the ground, the sniper is callin'
So they open their guns, a thousand to one, no sense in stalling
He clutches at his head and totters on the edge, look how he's falling
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
In the red plaza square, The crowds come to stare, the heat is leaning
And the eyes of the dead are turning every head to the widows screaming
The soldiers make a bid, giving candy to the kids, their teeth are gleaming
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
Up and down the coast, the generals drink a toast, the wheel is spinning
And the cowards and the whores are peeking through the doors to see who's winning
But the traitors will pretend that it's getting near the end, when it's beginning
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo
The crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth, the sand is burning
And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight, their courses turning
As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest, the sea is churning
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo