tate comments on 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?

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

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

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

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

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

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

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[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Also Britain in the Canadian colonies in 1812.

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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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