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To: annalex
Thoughtful, intelligent analysis, although the argument for "Imperialism" is overstated. Imperialism implies the conquest of nations, not simple power projection or the forging of strategic alliances. The United States finished off National Socialism in Europe, militarism in Japan, Communism in Russia, and dictatorship in Latin America, all without taking over a single country. No empire required.
17 posted on 09/30/2001 11:02:06 AM PDT by Clinton's a rapist
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To: Clinton's a rapist
Imperialism implies the conquest of nations, not simple power projection or the forging of strategic alliances.

That is a matter of semantics. I am not agruing for conquest, but precisely for an activist, rather aggressive, rooted in sel-interest foreign policy that is not shy of showing force, but does not treat entire populations as homogeneous enemy.

42 posted on 09/30/2001 7:12:26 PM PDT by annalex
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