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Old 09-04-2013, 10:33 PM  
Rochard
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By definition, the USA is an empire.
Where have we increased land in the past fifty years? Hawaii?

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Most major countries are securing resources currently for the future. They will be needed and will be what future wars are fought over. As populations rise globally, the demand for those resources become greater.
Where is the US "securing resources"? We were just in Iraq, one of the major oil producers in the world, and we just... Left.

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Wrong.
The USA was built on stolen land.
Did we steal land from them? Or did a nation rise up around them?

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We almost never leave once we invade a country. The "battle" may be over, but we never leave.
This might be true. We are still in Europe, and still in Japan.

However, seems we have left Iraq (have we fully left yet?) and we plan on leaving Afghanistan.
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