Yeah. We kept our Empire as the Commonwealth and kept our friends but America only has interests....and Israel.Devogay wrote:Crumple wrote:Dumb yanks, the first lesson of becoming a Imperial power is not to give back the territory you win.![]()
Indeed, they should learn a little something from us.
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Traditional land empires were frowned upon after WWII. The hegemony of the USA in the second half of the century was as close as you were likely to get at that time.
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America being the dominant power was setting the rules. Just white feather politics the whole time with them.Clinton Huxley wrote:Traditional land empires were frowned upon after WWII. The hegemony of the USA in the second half of the century was as close as you were likely to get at that time.
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Rifle. Get it right.Devogay wrote:And stop using guns, it annoys us.Coito ergo sum wrote:Well played.Devogay wrote:Had it not been for our violent imperialism, the US we know today wouldn't exist, so be appreciative. Thanks.
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Pedantic much. Guns, rifles, knives; they're all the same thing.Coito ergo sum wrote:Rifle. Get it right.Devogay wrote:And stop using guns, it annoys us.Coito ergo sum wrote:Well played.Devogay wrote:Had it not been for our violent imperialism, the US we know today wouldn't exist, so be appreciative. Thanks.
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A national obsession with guns and capital punishment. DEATH resides at the core of the American psyche.
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Go cry to yo momma, boy. Let the men do the fighting. Have dinner ready when we get back.Devogay wrote:Pedantic much. Guns, rifles, knives; they're all the same thing.Coito ergo sum wrote:Rifle. Get it right.Devogay wrote:And stop using guns, it annoys us.Coito ergo sum wrote:Well played.Devogay wrote:Had it not been for our violent imperialism, the US we know today wouldn't exist, so be appreciative. Thanks.
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Clinton Huxley wrote:A national obsession with guns and capital punishment. DEATH resides at the core of the American psyche.
Only 3 of 10 adult Americans owns a gun.
1/4 of the United States does not have the death penalty at all. The number of death sentences carried out in the last 12 years has dropped by about 55%.
Out of only he countries in the world that have capital punishment, the US ranks 12th in executions, despite being second in total population.
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The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.

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Nobody is stopping you blokes. Build away! You waiting for permission?Crumple wrote:The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.
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I think everyone is waiting for the destructive troubled young nation to go sit in the corner and suck its thumb.Coito ergo sum wrote:Nobody is stopping you blokes. Build away! You waiting for permission?Crumple wrote:The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.
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You ought have no trouble handling things without waiting on us. Have at it! Send your best builders out and save the world!Crumple wrote:I think everyone is waiting for the destructive troubled young nation to go sit in the corner and suck its thumb.Coito ergo sum wrote:Nobody is stopping you blokes. Build away! You waiting for permission?Crumple wrote:The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.
Oh, that's right - by "waiting" you mean waiting for us to get out our checkbooks and foot the bill ...again....
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That's not a check book....it's a inkjet printer.Coito ergo sum wrote:You ought have no trouble handling things without waiting on us. Have at it! Send your best builders out and save the world!Crumple wrote:I think everyone is waiting for the destructive troubled young nation to go sit in the corner and suck its thumb.Coito ergo sum wrote:Nobody is stopping you blokes. Build away! You waiting for permission?Crumple wrote:The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.
Oh, that's right - by "waiting" you mean waiting for us to get out our checkbooks and foot the bill ...again....
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Crumple wrote:That's not a check book....it's a inkjet printer.Coito ergo sum wrote:You ought have no trouble handling things without waiting on us. Have at it! Send your best builders out and save the world!Crumple wrote:I think everyone is waiting for the destructive troubled young nation to go sit in the corner and suck its thumb.Coito ergo sum wrote:Nobody is stopping you blokes. Build away! You waiting for permission?Crumple wrote:The second lesson is to use engineering skills to build things not blow them up.
Oh, that's right - by "waiting" you mean waiting for us to get out our checkbooks and foot the bill ...again....
Not that we're much better off, if at all, but still...
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