“Unincorporated Territory”

Our term for "colony."

One of our own possessions is getting the Arab Spring itch.

Guam, currently a US dependency, is mulling going its own way. The impetus: a plan by the US military to transfer 8,000 American soldiers from Okinawa to the tiny Pacific isle. [...] One third of the island is now taken up by the US military. The Pentagon plan aims to convert the island into an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” – an instrument for the projection of US military power into Asia.

The movement for self-determination is supported by Governor Edward Calvo, who successfully campaigned on the issue of de-colonizing Guam: Calvo’s plan is to hold a referendum which would offer the Guamanians three options: independence, “Free Association,” and US statehood.

  Justin Raimondo

I think we can all assume safely that they ain’t gettin’ statehood.

Guam’s residents are, in theory, US citizens: in practice, however, they are second-class “citizens” whose representative in Congress cannot vote, nor can Guamanians vote in US presidential elections. Guam is, in effect, a US colony.

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[Governor Calvo: ]“I highly doubt the 1,744 Marines and soldiers who gave their lives in the Battle of Guam died so that the people they liberated could be colonized for eternity. Because we are still an unincorporated territory (of the US) we have not reached our full potential. We should be able to determine where we want to go to as a community.”

Oh, what a chuckle. We could take our money and go, and then where would you be? Don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere. Make room.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.