Six years after the last marines of the navy of the United states have withdrawn to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, President Gerardo Machado y Morales—who was constitutionally limited to only one term—wins reelection as the only candidate on the ballot.
NOTES:
- So ended the U.s.’ eighth attempt at nation building, bringing its total success/failure record to (successes, 0; failures, 3).
- While nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Doug Bandow, “Nation-Building’s Grim Record,” Orange County (California) Register, 25 April 2003, Local:7.
PolicyBrief#24 – Policybrief24.pdf
carnegieendowment.org/files/Policybrief24.pdf
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