[faq]

"Conservatives used to hate empire, now they since the Iraq war they are defending it."

I don't buy this America is an empire stuff. Going to war in Iraq was not about creating an empire. We do not rule that country. They do not pay us tribute. It is the other way around. We pay them money. Great Britain was an empire, so was Rome. America is not an empire.

[Jeff F]

A lot of you guys are taking this way too seriously. The article was written largely as a send up. It is hilarious and brilliant bit of devil's advocacy.

[libertarianben]

Actually we are. We fought a war with Mexico in 1800's for the sole purpose of taking part of their land in the West since we couldn't get it through other means. We haven't taken over another's land in many years though.