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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-10 11:01 AM
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So... Was Ronald Reagan an "anti-colonialist" as well?
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 11:12 AM by ck4829
The latest screed from the right is that Obama is an "anti-colonialist". Now, the average person is still scratching their head on what that even means (And making up words and language as you go along is a sign that you're involved in a cult, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence, right?). But if we take a look at the context of what one of these chief propaganda-pushers are saying; then maybe we can see what being an "anti-colonialist" means.

Dinesh D'Souza sez: "Obama proves he is an anti-colonialist because he doesn't want the US to have nuclear weapons!"

"We are not just discussing limits on a further increase of nuclear weapons. We seek, instead, to reduce their number. We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth."
Obama? No! Reagan.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201010040030

Reagan was also BFF with Mobutu Sese Seko, an explicit anti-communist and anti-colonialist dictator.

There's also making secret deals with the Iranian regime, which toppled the Shah's government which was propped up by Operation Ajax.

And there's also his whole series of actions in Central America from El Salvador to Nicaragua and beyond against the Soviets that were supposedly invading the region which included arming and supporting violent forces native to their countries.

Sounds like Reagan is the head honcho of "anti-colonialism", eh teabaggers?
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