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Strategies & Market Trends : VOLTAIRE'S PORCH-MODERATED

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To: Jill who wrote (57704)4/3/2003 5:11:39 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (1) of 65232
 
...."we are an imperialist power"....

Could you explain to me how the US is an "imperialist
power"? I'm not sure what the US had done to become one.

TIA

Main Entry: im·pe·ri·al·ism
Pronunciation: im-'pir-E-&-"li-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1845
1 : imperial government, authority, or system
2 : the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation <font size=10>especially by direct territorial acquisitions<font size=5> or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas; broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence <union imperialism>
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