I have an old book written at the time of the Spanish American War that speaks proudly of our new teritories and about our becoming through our victories whatever you want to call it.
I do hope you know the year of the Spanish American War....
Look, vote. You can't win this argument, because there are no facts to back you up. You've tried with the 'military bases make an empire' and failed. Now you are trying to use the 19th century to defend your argument.
The claim that we are 'empire builders' is leftist propaganda not based in any truth, and IF you are a conservative (evidence of which I have not thus far seen), then you shouldn't be swallowing liberal garbage....
It tends to make a person become ill.