Crucible of Empire:

[JackLuis]

Crucible of Empire:

Remembering our past can foretell our future. Over a Century of US hegemony has left us with more enemy's than true friends.

 

[sr71plt]

International affairs are too complex for any nation to have true friends among other nations. No two nations have identical self-interests.

 

[underguy1]

International affairs are too complex for any nation to have true friends among other nations. No two nations have identical self-interests.

Pathetic apologist for the United States of Genocide.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Crucible of Empire:

Remembering our past can foretell our future. Over a Century of US hegemony has left us with more enemy's than true friends.

Are you saying the USA had hegemony over the warring powers of Europe, such as Germany and England, in 1915?

 

[sr71plt]

Pathetic apologist for the United States of Genocide.

It's not an apology for anything, numbskull. It's International Relations 101. It doesn't even single out the United States as the only nation affected--it explicitly says it's the conditions all national operate in. You really need to either educate yourself some more or shut the fuck up.

 

[JackLuis]

Are you saying the USA had hegemony over the warring powers of Europe, such as Germany and England, in 1915?

No, The US had to wait until 1943-44 to have control of the UK and 1945 to control Germany, and Japan, but Latin America and much of Asia was dancing to America's tune in the early 20th century.

 

[Boxlicker101]

No, The US had to wait until 1943-44 to have control of the UK and 1945 to control Germany, and Japan, but Latin America and much of Asia was dancing to America's tune in the early 20th century.

How much of Asia? China? Japan? Siberia? The Ottoman Empire? India?

 

[Legatus]

Pathetic apologist for the United States of Genocide.

Genocide...? lawlz... I needed a good laugh.

 

[underguy1]

It's not an apology for anything, numbskull. It's International Relations 101. It doesn't even single out the United States as the only nation affected--it explicitly says it's the conditions all national operate in. You really need to either educate yourself some more or shut the fuck up.

Yes it is. All nations are not the hegemon so your 'theory' fails before it gets up and running.

You are an apologist for US imperialism.

 

[underguy1]

Genocide...? lawlz... I needed a good laugh.

Fuck off.

 

[Hypoxia]

How much of Asia? China? Japan? Siberia? The Ottoman Empire? India?

Roy Chapman Andrews (USA) ran motorized invasions of Outer Mongolia in the 1920s, supposedly seeking dinosaur eggs, actually spying Chinese military secrets. At the same time, HP Lovecraft wrote coded stories of the Plateau of Leng (Tibet) and super-science. KING KING showed USA incursions into SouthEast Asia. This was after the genocidal USA occupation of the Philippines. Not to mention USAnians shooting pr0n of naked Japanese pearl-diving women. And taking over the Shanghai opium trade. And producing racist propaganda songs like HONG KONG BLUES and JAPANESE SANDMAN. Yes, it was insidious.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Roy Chapman Andrews (USA) ran motorized invasions of Outer Mongolia in the 1920s, supposedly seeking dinosaur eggs, actually spying Chinese military secrets. At the same time, HP Lovecraft wrote coded stories of the Plateau of Leng (Tibet) and super-science. KING KING showed USA incursions into SouthEast Asia. This was after the genocidal USA occupation of the Philippines. Not to mention USAnians shooting pr0n of naked Japanese pearl-diving women. And taking over the Shanghai opium trade. And producing racist propaganda songs like HONG KONG BLUES and JAPANESE SANDMAN. Yes, it was insidious.

I would concede the Philippines, but these other actions don't constitute hegemony by any definition I have ever seen.

 

[Hypoxia]

I would concede the Philippines, but these other actions don't constitute hegemony by any definition I have ever seen.

Ya think?

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