"Robert" > wrote in message
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> "usual suspect" > wrote in message
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> > Robert ranted:
> >
> > >>Mexico and Central America, though we have illegal immigrants from all
> > >>over the world.
> > >
> > > That's why we are called "Americans". We claim the continenent of
North
> > > America, Central America and South America, which we shorten it to us
> > > Americans.
> >
> > Canadians don't call themselves Americans very much, nor do people south
> > of our border. BTW, the US has no claim on Central or South America, and
> > most of North America is comprised of Mexico and Canada. Go figure.
>
> Ever heard of the Monroe Doctrine in which the US said exactly that. It
has
> the right to do what ever it wants in the Americas.

No, the Monroe Doctrine declared that the Americas were no longer open to
European colonization and that any further attempts by Europeans to colonize
or politically influence the Americas may be considered hostile by the U.S.

I think you're mean the concept of Manifest Destiny.