Then why not Puerto Rico first ?
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year agoSo why would a country want to become part of that deal ?
Hawaii wasn’t given much choice.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 year ago
elephantium@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What does Puerto Rico have to do with this?
Infinite@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Check the color chart.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We really did fuck them over, but I’m not sure it’s the best comparison in that I don’t think Hawaii had any real military of its own (it was a big deal in the late 1800s when they had commissioned a single new warship for the king to sail to neighboring island nations… during which time a coup) And not only did it lack allies, but multiple countries were simultaneously and openly vying to be the first to s
Having said that, would Canada’s allies really do more than they did when Russia invaded Ukraine? Seems doubtful. George Orwell was horrifyingly prescient when he predicted the world nuclear weapons would lead to.