To: Terpfen
"Comparisons of America to Rome are baseless. One obvious, major difference between the two is that America is not an empire."
Rome was nice too, until Julius Caesar converted a Republic into a totalitarian hellhole.
32 posted on
12/20/2004 10:17:29 PM PST by
dangus
To: dangus
Given that he achieved dictatorship after provoking a civil war, I don't think America can go that same route. I can't imagine Tommy Franks pulling a coup.
33 posted on
12/20/2004 10:20:30 PM PST by
Terpfen
(Gore/Sharpton '08: it's Al-right!)
To: dangus
America restored the Republican form of government to Earth, after 2000 years of darkness.
Rome and America are very closely linked, both historically and politically.
34 posted on
12/20/2004 10:21:17 PM PST by
Hunble
To: dangus
Julius Caesar converted a Republic into a totalitarian hellhole. Was that Julius Ceasar, or Sulla?
35 posted on
12/20/2004 10:23:28 PM PST by
Hunble
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