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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE] I believe it was King George that was amazed that George Washington actually RELINQUISHED power after his presidency. (PLEASE do not take that as a denigration of the English Monarchy) [/QUOTE]Yeah, can't actually remember exactly who it was but I think you're right. Although that reflects more on the attitude towards the American rebels than a belief in the necessity of personal rule (George III was a constitutional monarch after all). And please, please, please learn the difference between English and British. I may start refering to all Americans as Texans. [QUOTE] My point is that the U.S. is being accused of imperialism. That we are somehow trying to make Iraq into a part of our "Empire". [/QUOTE]Well, yeah. America [i]is[/i] an empire. I don't just mean in the sense that the territory which now constitutes the US are imperial gains (they are) but also the exportation of your political system is the essence of liberal imperialism. Iraq posed no threat to the US. Saddam would undoubtably have liked to have been a threat and was not an especailly nice guy or good ruler, to put it mildly. But the self-defence arguement is simply bollocks. I agree with the removal of Saddam, but think the whole political side has been grossly mishandled. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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