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Of course the US is an empire.
In times past, you needed boots on the ground, then you could get around that by having a navy, and then get around that with air-power, and then with money.
You are either subordinate to the US, or you are an enemy. There is no middle ground.
That should be obvious, since the US attempted to murder Prime Minister Nehru of India for the heinous crime against humanity of Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian.
The US attempted (but failed) to overthrow the Syrian government for the heinous crime against humanity of Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian.
The US attempted (but failed) to murder or overthrow Nasser of Egypt for the heinous crime against humanity of Declaring Neutrality While Non-White/Non-Christian.
See, only White Christian countries like Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland are allowed to declare neutrality. Everyone else has to pick a side.
Truman overthrew the Greek government in 1948; LBJ overthrew the Greek government in 1967; Truman wanted to murder President Arbenz of Guatemala for the heinous crime against humanity of Building an Electric Power Plant While Non-White/Non-Christian; Eisenhower commuted Arbenz' sentence to just overthrow; Obama/Clinton illegally overthrew the Honduran government in July 2009...the 14th time the US has illegally overthrown a Honduran government since 1900; repeated overthrows of Nicaraguan governments; Eisenhower installed Castro to overthrow Batista and then Eisenhower and JFK (and other Presidents) attempted to overthrow Castro for committing the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian*; invaded the Dominican Republic; assassinated Ngo Diem and has half-witted brother; overthrew the government of Libya and installed Ghaddafi, then protected Ghaddafi from 11 counter-coup attempts, then ultimately overthrew Ghaddafi; overthrew the Tunisian government; gave money to Pakistan to buy weapons from Iran to give to the Contras to overthrow a Nicaraguan government; gave money to Pakistan to buy weapons from Iran to give to al-Qaida lieutenant al-Zawahiri to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo-Metohija and Bosnia; bombed Serbia to overthrow the government; used Task Force 74 to threaten India during the 1971 Pakistani-Indian War; overthrew governments in Chlle, Argentina, Venezuela and Brasil for the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian*; overthrew governments in the Philippines; overthrew governments in Mexico; planned to invade Mexico and seize the oil and natural gas fields in 1940 because President Cardenas committed the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian*, but didn't because WW II was looming on the horizon; used General Qasim to assassinate King Faisal II of Iraq for committing the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian* then murdered General Qasim for committing the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian* then installed Saddam Hussein then sold chemical weapons to Saddam who used them against Iran and his own people and sat silently by; cajoled Saddam into a war with Iran'; attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Mossadeq of Iran three times (but failed) for committing the heinous crime against humanity of Nationalizing While Non-White/Non-Christian*; overthrew or assassinated Pakistani governments, presidents or presidential candidates....
I could go on for days, but you get the point...that's what empires do.
*Only White Christian countries are allowed to nationalize anything.
Mircea:
While I disagree on some of the finer points of your case, overall your litany of accusations is sound in my opinion. But does a destabilising US foreign policy in Latin America, Egypt and India constitute an imperial policy in its own right or are more indicators of empire needed to seal the case?
Thank you for a very thorough response above.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.