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> and yes brutal Empire the world has ever seen More brutal than the Assyrian Empire and the Mongol Empire? 5% of the world's population is estimated to have

> and yes brutal Empire the world has ever seen More brutal than the Assyrian Empire and the Mongol Empire? 5% of the world's population is estimated to have been killed by the Mongol conquests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_under_the_Mongol_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_under_the_Mongol_E... and even in absolute numbers, the Mongol Conquest is only behind WWII in absolute numbers of people killed. The United States has its moral issues, but being the most brutal empire in history is not one of them. In fact, of all the global empires in the history of the world, the United States "Empire" has probably been the most benign and benefited the most people. Also remember, at the end of WWII, the United States was the sole possessor of the atomic bomb and had the best developed long range bomber fleet. They could have easily used that advantage to outright conquer a massive empire, but they did not.

ilaksh 8y ago
> sole possessor of the atomic bomb which they did use to kill more people at one time then ever before in history
- rmah 8y ago
  That is factually incorrect.
emodendroket 8y ago
I think this kind of comparison is silly, but the US has been at war essentially non-stop since WWII and carries out overt and covert military action in scores of countries every year. We're currently bombing seven countries. We've also empowered numerous client states as they slaughtered their domestic opposition or regional rivals and armed various violent rebel groups in the hopes that they'd overthrow unfriendly governments. Sanctions, a de rigeur form of punishment against hostile governments, is specifically intended to gin up internal unrest by subjecting civilians to privation, and they literally kill people (especially children). I'm not sure we can call it the most violent ever to have existed, but the least violent seems like a stretch.
Bendingo 8y ago
> but they did not They seriously considered it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable

ilaksh 8y ago

> sole possessor of the atomic bomb which they did use to kill more people at one time then ever before in history

rmah 8y ago
That is factually incorrect.

emodendroket 8y ago

I think this kind of comparison is silly, but the US has been at war essentially non-stop since WWII and carries out overt and covert military action in scores of countries every year. We're currently bombing seven countries. We've also empowered numerous client states as they slaughtered their domestic opposition or regional rivals and armed various violent rebel groups in the hopes that they'd overthrow unfriendly governments. Sanctions, a de rigeur form of punishment against hostile governments, is specifically intended to gin up internal unrest by subjecting civilians to privation, and they literally kill people (especially children). I'm not sure we can call it the most violent ever to have existed, but the least violent seems like a stretch.

Bendingo 8y ago

> but they did not They seriously considered it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable