On Thursday, February 24th, Russia invaded a peaceful , independent nation leaving untold civilians slaughtered in their wake. March 15th, 1899, Germany, Britain, New Zealand and the US, invaded Samoa, a peaceful and independent nation who was woefully unprepared to defend its people and it's Parliamentary style of Government. 27,000 to 32,000 Samoan warriors died in 2 months. Civilian casualties were untold. I lost my great grandfather to Samoa's independence when he was summoned to New Zealand to attend a Parlay. He gave his title to his son before he left, got on a plane, was walking on the tarmac with many other Samoans in peaceful protest for the independence of Western Samoa and was assassinated by a US made bullet to his head... the opponents not knowing that he was no longer "Titled" but only a spokesperson.
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