If The U.S. Couldn’t Beat Sandino 100 Years Ago, How Can It Defeat Iran Today?

Augusto César Sandino – Public Domain

They never learn.

In 1912, the United States extracted a huge indemnity from Nicaragua for having the nerve to request that U.S. companies pay taxes. American bankers generously loaned the cost of the indemnity, and Washington dispatched the Marines to compensate for a lack of collateral. Taking over the customs houses, national banks, and railroads, they never got around to leaving.

Fourteen years later General Augusto Cesar Sandino decided to serve an eviction notice...