> And also a rabid anti-imperialist and fond of comparing the United States to ancient Rome. That's kind of funny, because Rome acquired most all the provinces

> And also a rabid anti-imperialist and fond of comparing the United States to ancient Rome. That's kind of funny, because Rome acquired most all the provinces it ever did under the allegedly virtuous Republic. Republican (not the US party) propaganda never made much sense, not even in the days of "sic semper tyrannis", but somehow, like good advertising, it always stuck.