Manifest Destiny
The United States is actually composed of 59 Nation States. Of course, most people only know the of the 50 we were all taught about in grade school.
Well, it's time for your next lesson. Here are the 9 you didn't know about:
GuamCeded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Payments from the US Federal Treasury ($143 million in 1997) into which
Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special
law of Congress, the Guam Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives
federal income taxes paid by military and civilian Federal employees
stationed in Guam (2001 est.)
Puerto RicoCeded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898.
American SamoaInternational rivalries were settled by a 1899 treaty when Germany and the US
divided the Samoan archipelago.
Important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994
Virgin IslandsUnited States purchase from the Danish in 1917.
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U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service:
Buck Island Reef National Monument, Christiansted, VI
Christiansted National Historic Site, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
IsraelRoughly half of the government's external debt is owed to the US,
which is its major source of economic and military aid.
$662 million from US (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana IslandsUnder US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific,
a covenant to establish a commonwealth with the US was approved and
came into force on March 24, 1976.
Extensive funding from US
NicaraguaNicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor
anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s.
$419.5 million (2005 est.)
AfghanistanFollowing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a US, Allied, and Northern
Alliance military action toppled the Taliban for sheltering Osama Bin Ladin.
March 2004 reached $8.9 billion for 2004-09
IraqContinued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years
led to the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
More than $33 billion in foreign aid pledged for 2004-07 (2004)
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The final stage of Manifest Destiny calls for total control over the entire 198 Nation States/Countries of the world. Here's a little preview of the 198 Nation State flag.
Here's a pic of what the new flag will look like:
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Don't believe it? Maybe Obama has something to say on the matter...
I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell was following close behind him.