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safeinOhio

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4. See treaty of Wangxia 1844.

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 03:37 AM

Jun 2019

The US was involved in the opium trade long before the “Opium Wars”. We found away around the war, but we were still pushing dope in China. You might want to dig a little deeper.

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A long time before that the safeinOhio Jun 2019 #2

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See treaty of Wangxia 1844. safeinOhio Jun 2019 #4

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How do we know Putin didn't? GWC58 Jun 2019 #7

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