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Explain Like I'm Five

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Explain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem 67 points 4 months ago (3 children)

And Hawaii?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

And Mexico. And Spain. And even Britain (in the pacific northwest).

ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.

[–] grue 11 points 4 months ago

ETA: And Samoa, Philippines, Cuba, Guam, etc.

To be fair, most of those were also "Spain" at the time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Also Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

and literally the entirety of south america, sans like one or two countries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know of the US ever occupying or controlling (explicitly) a south american country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

then you should study it a little bit closer. or at all.

[–] devfuuu 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And all the proxy wars on the middle eats.

[–] Rhynoplaz 21 points 4 months ago

Around here we call the middle eats "lunch".

[–] Maggoty 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They were native, they just didn't know they were American yet.

[–] beebarfbadger 2 points 3 months ago

Fortunately, they were lethally informed.