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The Monroe Doctrine is more important than ever, disavowing it in 2013 was a tragic mistake

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Our adversaries have only gotten more emboldened since Senator John Kerry declared the doctrine dead, making it difficult to see how announcing the United States would no longer oppose foreign meddling in Latin America didn’t encourage them to meddle even more. On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe, only the fifth person to occupy the… Continue reading The Monroe Doctrine is more important than ever, disavowing it in 2013 was a tragic mistake

Teddy Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition to the unexplored Amazon rainforest might be one of the most ridiculous things that’s ever happened, ever

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If there’s any doubt how dangerous this expedition was, consider that it would be another thirteen years before anyone successfully made the same trip.  The first follow up expedition had to turn back because of the Indians.  The one after that simply disappeared without a trace, presumably killed by the Indians.  Roosevelt, being Roosevelt, somehow… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition to the unexplored Amazon rainforest might be one of the most ridiculous things that’s ever happened, ever