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He meant the benevolent kind of empire. Since the US doesn't annex territories for itself and keep them as colonies as part of some Commonwealth Realm. Althou

He meant the benevolent kind of empire. Since the US doesn't annex territories for itself and keep them as colonies as part of some Commonwealth Realm. Although the US could have if it tried, with the slightest flex of a myoblast, in the last great war. It still can. Pretty sure that's what he/she meant.

gonzo 13y ago
> Since the US doesn't annex territories for itself and keep them as colonies as part of some Commonwealth Realm. Nope. Neve happens. (Cough >Hawai'i<, cough)
bebop 13y ago
Puerto Rico, US Vigin Islands, American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, and most importantly Hawaii are all annexed territories of the United States. Not to mention California and most of the west really.
wozniacki 13y ago
If you just thought it were Ireland, Wales And Scotland that have an often uneasy relationship with England, you'd be surprised to learn who else bows to the English Crown. (And yes Scotland has an upcoming referendum in 2014 on the issue of independence from the UK.[1] This is widely believed to be a losing proposition.) Commonwealth Realm Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu Crown dependencies: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man British Overseas Territories: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendum,_2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendu...
- teh_klev 13y ago
  "This is widely believed to be a losing proposition." - evidence? I don't know if you're a UK citizen or living in Scotland, but I'd love to explain some of the nuances of Scottish politics. They said, once upon a time, that the SNP would never have a majority leadership (due to the way that the electoral system was designed for the devolved parliament) in the Scottish parliament, but look what happened at the last Scottish general election. Perhaps what the Scottish people don't like the idea of is the SNP becoming the governing party of Scotland. However, and this is frequently ignored by the unionist press in Scotland, the SNP would not necessarily be the ruling party. There would be a new general election to vote for a new Scottish government in an independent Scotland and that could be Labour, SNP, Tory, Democrat, Greens or whatever. There is a huge amount of disinformation banded about by Cameron, Osborne and other unionist politicians about Scotland's capabilities.
- FireBeyond 13y ago
  As an aside, "bowing to the English Crown" - the BAT, South Georgia, BIOT don't actually have any native population, and Pitcairn only has a population of 60.

gonzo 13y ago

> Since the US doesn't annex territories for itself and keep them as colonies as part of some Commonwealth Realm. Nope. Neve happens. (Cough >Hawai'i<, cough)

bebop 13y ago

Puerto Rico, US Vigin Islands, American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, and most importantly Hawaii are all annexed territories of the United States. Not to mention California and most of the west really.

wozniacki 13y ago

If you just thought it were Ireland, Wales And Scotland that have an often uneasy relationship with England, you'd be surprised to learn who else bows to the English Crown. (And yes Scotland has an upcoming referendum in 2014 on the issue of independence from the UK.[1] This is widely believed to be a losing proposition.) Commonwealth Realm Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu Crown dependencies: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man British Overseas Territories: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendum,_2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendu...

teh_klev 13y ago
"This is widely believed to be a losing proposition." - evidence? I don't know if you're a UK citizen or living in Scotland, but I'd love to explain some of the nuances of Scottish politics. They said, once upon a time, that the SNP would never have a majority leadership (due to the way that the electoral system was designed for the devolved parliament) in the Scottish parliament, but look what happened at the last Scottish general election. Perhaps what the Scottish people don't like the idea of is the SNP becoming the governing party of Scotland. However, and this is frequently ignored by the unionist press in Scotland, the SNP would not necessarily be the ruling party. There would be a new general election to vote for a new Scottish government in an independent Scotland and that could be Labour, SNP, Tory, Democrat, Greens or whatever. There is a huge amount of disinformation banded about by Cameron, Osborne and other unionist politicians about Scotland's capabilities.
FireBeyond 13y ago
As an aside, "bowing to the English Crown" - the BAT, South Georgia, BIOT don't actually have any native population, and Pitcairn only has a population of 60.