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We didn't annex a sovereign nation.

• grecy 13y ago
  Na, you just threw out democratically elected leaders, multiple times.
  • makomk 13y ago
    Sadly enough, booting out democratically elected leaders in other countries just counts as business as usual. (The USSR played the same game, back when it existed and had the clout for that.)
  • maaku 13y ago
    They're both bad, but they're not comparable.
    • obstacle1 13y ago
      They're absolutely comparable. If anything at least Russia is being upfront about its imperial ambitions by using its own military. US just outsources its imperial projects (mostly, though Iraq, Afghanistan are counterexamples) by fomenting political disruption or destroying economies until demands are met. Same ends, different means. One's just more covert.
• psykovsky 13y ago
  You didn't annex THAT sovereign nation...
• volune 13y ago
  not in the traditional sense. the US is more subtle.
• sitkack 13y ago
  Ha! We didn't annex a sovereign nation, TODAY.
• gus_massa 13y ago
  What about Hawaii? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hawaii#American_territory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hawaii#American_terr...
  • bashinator 13y ago
    And Texas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation