I’m leery of leftist and rightist propaganda but you do seem to have some overly warm view concerning the benevolence of the British Empire. Take another look @ the Brits in S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Egypt, Iraq or China and then discuss what fine friends they’ve been.
BTW I firmly believe this country should never have succumbed to involvement in WW1 and that the US involvement was instrumental in assisting the formulation that gave the world WW2.
The British Empire was indeed a positive force. You can thank it for the world predominance of the English language, the rapid acceleration of justice under English Common Law, the rapid acceleration of technology, and the Anglo-Capitalist system. Yes, it took some time to go from Medieval Feudalism and Slavery to the modern era, and there were some atrocities in between, but if it weren’t for the British Empire and mother England, we’d all probably be painting our faces and chasing zebras instead of having this discussion. If not, perhaps forging our swords for the upcoming Viking raid.
“BTW I firmly believe this country should never have succumbed to involvement in WW1 and that the US involvement was instrumental in assisting the formulation that gave the world WW2.”
We probably never would have gotten involved, but are you suggesting we should have done nothing as the Germans sink our commercial vessels and allow our economy to grind to a halt? I’d say the Lusitania made the war impossible to avoid.