Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 10:15:10 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 04/01/2025 07:56, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

The USA is inherently isolationist ... would rather NOT
   mess around with any other countries. There's "Here"
   and "Over There".

 
Till some guy drives a truck into you and it turns out it's all about
'over there'
 
Like the UK in the 19th century, the average American has no idea how
much of his peace prosperity and wealth comes from hard noised
businessmen backed up by  thin red lines of very tough men indeed,
operating in far off countries.
 
The UK learnt that there is no 'over there' after all.

General Smedley Butler's 'War is a Racket' was in part about his time in
the Marine Corps division of the United Fruit Company during the Banana
Wars'.