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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 02:29 PM
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WH Official: "Look at us in Iraq—how much difficulty we have in saying we will anoint people to run"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19263096/site/newsweek/page/2/

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Gaza also poses a lesson in the limits of imperial power in the 21st century. Let's face it: Americans have always made crummy imperialists. A century ago Teddy Roosevelt complained that "America lacked the stomach for empire." A senior White House official echoed that lament early in the Iraq occupation, noting that America has the power of a true empire, like Rome or like Britain in the 19th century, but not the taste for acting like one. "Look at us in Iraq—how much difficulty we have in saying we will anoint people to run the country. Does anyone think the Romans or the Brits would have been deterred?" he grumbled.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 02:32 PM
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1. "Spreading Anointment"
just didn't have the same ring to it.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 02:32 PM
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2. Damn!
Just damn
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 02:44 PM
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3. because our borders already ARE the size of an empire!
we incorporated our territories into the empire: Alaska & Hawaii.

but we were really good at brutalizing the Phillipines, and we still have Puerto Rico & Guam to oppress.

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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 02:46 PM
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4. Amerika, spreading an ointment everywhere it goes
We just don't like to say so because we know it stinks.
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