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In the 1800s the US was indeed expansionist. But their view was that of Manifest Destiny - it was the USA's manifest destiny to expand and control the Western
by btilly 7y ago
In the 1800s the US was indeed expansionist. But their view was that of Manifest Destiny - it was the USA's manifest destiny to expand and control the Western hemisphere. To that end the USA launched wars (eg against Mexico), fought against colonial powers, and so on.
However it was also a defined sphere of influence. The USA was late to both WW 1 and 2 because what happened in Europe was widely felt to not be the USA's affair. Privately we armed one side, but we didn't fight. It was not until the Kaiser attempted to form an alliance with Mexico that the USA entered into WW 1. And not until Japan attacked did the USA enter WW 2. After WW 2, the USA proactively looked for opportunities to engage world wide.
On the colonies, all of the European powers had put down rebellions repeatedly. After WW 2 they moved towards transferring power to local authorities. And their desire to do this was codified in the UN charter. See https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-xi/index.html https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-xi/index.h... for verification.
- dntbnmpls 7y ago> it was the USA's manifest destiny to expand and control the Western hemisphere... However it was also a defined sphere of influence. China is in the western hemisphere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_Patrol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_Patrol Japan is in the western hemisphere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition Is the philippines part of the western hemisphere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_Wa... > After WW 2, the USA proactively looked for opportunities to engage world wide. Simply not true. We proactively looked for opportunities before ww2. We even briefly invaded russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_Wa... > On the colonies, all of the European powers had put down rebellions repeatedly. They tried to put down independence movements after ww2 also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War > And their desire to do this was codified in the UN charter. See https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-xi/index.h.. https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-xi/index.h.... for verification. Wow. Empty virtue signaling words. With such empty words, one wonders why so many colonized peoples had to die after ww2 to free themselves from their brutal colonizers? Seems like there are a lot of people defending the brutal colonizers. I wonder why?