U.S. OVERTHROW & OCCUPATION OF HAWAI`I ACKNOWLEDGED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA
The illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and subsequent 113 plus year occupation of Hawai`i by the United States is now an acknowledged fact by the mainstream media in the United States.
Interviewed today on National Public Radio by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, author Stephen Kinzer spoke about his new book, Overthrow - America's Century Of Regime Change From Hawai`i To Iraq.
Kinzer spoke about the similarities of invasions perptrated by the US as well as how the first illegal invasion, that of Hawai`i in 1893, set the pattern for the rest that followed.
Here's an excerpt from the book -
"America’s long "regime change" century dawned in 1893 with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
This was a tentative, awkward piece of work, a cultural tragedy staged as comic opera.
It was not a military operation, but without the landing of American troops, it probably would not have succeeded.
The president of the United States approved of it, but soon after it happened, a new president took office and denounced it.
Americans were already divided over whether it is a good idea to depose foreign regimes."
Here's Where To Read The Entire, Facinating Review -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5325069
