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BEYOND TREASON (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:24 PM Original message |
IS AMERICA A SUPERPOWER OR AN EMPIRE? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Neither. Under the current administration, it is aspiring to be |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Use the search feature to find the answer to your question nt |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Define the difference between the two |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. A city like the mythical Troy was a superpower we are an Empire |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Troy isn't mythical |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I know but the way it was portrayed in Homer's "The Ilad" was |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. With over 1,000 known military bases scattered across the globe |
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BEYOND TREASON (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. WOW!!! |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. 1,000 bases - from "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Neither |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Boy, that was one quick case of imperial overreach |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Both, neither are exclusive of the other. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. CAPS LOCK |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. More like |
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wixomblues (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Both. A Supire. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ancient Rome was often described as a great sow... |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Neither |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Welcome to DU pbca |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thanks! |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Welcome to DU and ... |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yep |
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BEYOND TREASON (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Interesting viewpoint |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I would agree with him |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Was a superpower, now an empire |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. It is both. |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's like a big bully teenager asshole |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. America is War Crime Nation |
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