Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down113
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·edit-219 days agoAnd Mexico. And Spain. And even Britain (in the pacific northwest). ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·19 days ago ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc. To be fair, most of those were also “Spain” at the time.
minus-squareThe Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·19 days agoAlso Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·19 days agoAnd all the proxy wars on the middle eats.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·19 days agoAround here we call the middle eats “lunch”.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·19 days agoThey were native, they just didn’t know they were American yet.
minus-squarebeebarfbadger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoFortunately, they were lethally informed.
And Hawaii?
And Mexico. And Spain. And even Britain (in the pacific northwest).
ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.
To be fair, most of those were also “Spain” at the time.
Also Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.
And all the proxy wars on the middle eats.
Around here we call the middle eats “lunch”.
They were native, they just didn’t know they were American yet.
Fortunately, they were lethally informed.