On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 5:40:19 PM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> dsi1 <dsi1> wrote:
>
> > You got that right sista! The native Hawaiians dream of sovereignty. You can use their song if you like.
>
> I would love to give you back to the Great Pacific. I fear that
> sovereignty wouldn't last long. Greedy eyes to the west of you would
> soon take care of that. It is unfortunate that your islands are about
> as strategic as land gets.
>
> leo

It is a question to ponder - what would have happened if Hawaii had not be stolen from the people. My guess is that we would have been a neutral country during WWII. The US would have fought only in the European theater, the allies would have prevailed and Japan would control a big chunk of Asia. You could say that the overthrow of Hawaii stopped Japanese expansionism. Or maybe not.