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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
Come on, be fair.
We always did the honourable thing and outright invaded. Or we used the Eddie Izzard approach: "Do you have a flag? No? Oh what a shame. No flag, no country!"
But seriously, I would be up for a debate on the history of British Imperialism. It just wouldn't be as relevant to current politics, given that the only thing Britain can throw its weight around over are a few rocks scattered around the world's oceans.
Whereas American imperialism is alive and well and (if many in Washington get their way) on the rise!
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What Britain did, and what the US is doing today are two vastly different things. The last time I checked, Iraq was still Iraq, and not "Iraq : Territory of the United States", or "Iraq : The 51st State".