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"The U.S. set up shop in Germany and France and Italy and all over the world. We set up shop in Iraq and in Afghanistan. We set up shop where we're needed."

Do you realize that you are describing to perfection a predatory empire? Past I checked empires are not into democracy because the core citizenry, Americans, don't want to be enslaved to support imperial ambitions and the illegal and legal aliens the empire imports hates the natives and are more than happy to shaft them.

You apparently want us enslaved and impoverished Adorno and people like that are the scum we are fighting against on this forum.

Do you realize that you are describing to perfection a predatory empire?

That's a whole lot of krap!

We set up shop after a war is over, and that's to help a country get back on its feet. And we 'get invited back' to help keep the country on a successful path. We don't stay where we're not wanted, unless leaving would lead to war or aggressive takeovers by others.

Empire building is NOT what the U.S. is about, otherwise, we would have conquered the entire world by now and we'd have a worldwide empire. As it stands, the U.S. cannot even control our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, and we even have hostile nations within easy reach of planes and missiles and boats and even walkers with sinister goals. Empire building? Shirly you jest! Predatory? We went into Iraq and, did we decide to take the oilfields for ourselves? Mexico has a huge oil industry, and we've 'failed to take them over'? Why have we not taken over a lot of the world if we are 'predatory'? Shirley you jest. Come up with something better and that makes sense.