Dick Durbin: “It is a legitimate historic question. But if you are saying that in the name of the Monroe Doctrine, to protect…”

“It is a legitimate historic question. But if you are saying that in the name of the Monroe Doctrine, to protect ourselves in this hemisphere we have done things which we are not proud of today, interfering with the sovereignty of nations--the term ``banana republic'' emerged from that Monroe Doctrine. And what happened in many of these countries is that they became vassals of the U.S. economy, and I don't say that with any pride. We wouldn't want to welcome that to happen in Europe, would we, I mean, Putin invading some sphere of influence and the sovereignty of other nations?”