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jayeff · 09-07-2005, 10:53 PM

If the US is not imperialistic, then more than 10 million people have died as a result of US foreign policy over the past 100-odd years, for nothing.

We are not empire builders in the way that the British once were when the "sun never set..." and all that. To date (we shall have to wait and see whether we become a permanent presence in Iraq) we haven't actually occupied countries. But we have more or less overtly interfered in the internal politics of many countries - often with direct force and against the popular will of the people in the countries concerned - attempting to establish regimes favorable to ourselves.

Fear and might as foreign policy have been stepped up dramatically and have become much more overt since 911. But while Bush keeps telling the folks back home that he and we are peace-loving people who can do no wrong, the message overseas audiences are getting is the exact opposite: namely that the US is ready to do whatever it takes to overcome in a world infiltrated by America's deadly enemies. That is imperialism as sure as if we were rushing around planting our flag everywhere.

09-07-2005, 10:53 PM
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	If the US is not imperialistic, then more than 10 million people have died as a result of US foreign policy over the past 100-odd years, for nothing. We are not empire builders in the way that the British once were when the "sun never set..." and all that. To date (we shall have to wait and see whether we become a permanent presence in Iraq) we haven't actually occupied countries. But we have more or less overtly interfered in the internal politics of many countries - often with direct force and against the popular will of the people in the countries concerned - attempting to establish regimes favorable to ourselves. Fear and might as foreign policy have been stepped up dramatically and have become much more overt since 911. But while Bush keeps telling the folks back home that he and we are peace-loving people who can do no wrong, the message overseas audiences are getting is the exact opposite: namely that the US is ready to do whatever it takes to overcome in a world infiltrated by America's deadly enemies. That is imperialism as sure as if we were rushing around planting our flag everywhere.