> 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

> 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?