[billbears]

How am I an imperialist?

Sigh...do any of you have a dictionary?

Imperialism--The practice of one country extending its control over the territory, political system, or economic life of another country

The Armed Forces of these US has extended its control over the 'territory, political system, and economic life' of Iraq in one fashion or another. While you can claim it's short term it still fits the definition. You support this policy, therefore you are a supporter of imperialistic foreign policy

[death2tyrants]

“The Armed Forces of these US has extended its control over the ‘territory, political system, and economic life’ of Iraq in one fashion or another. “

Ah, the revisionist history of the anti-American crowd. Your fradulent accusations against America would put America in violation of UNSCR 1546, which reaffirms ‘the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Iraq’ and ‘the right of the Iraqi people freely to determine their own political future and control their own natural resources’. Do you have evidence that the U.S. is in violation of this treaty, and if so, why hasn’t it been presented to the Council?

[PlainOleAmerican]

When you use your “imperial” powers to put down an unelected tyrant and free a people living in bondage, it’s called “liberating” a nation, not “invading” or “imperial conquering”.

This is the mammoth difference isolationist libertarians refuse to acknowledge.