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To: JEB who wrote (40134)8/27/2002 12:34:08 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Was 9/11 the birth of an empire?

No. But it was a change in the self-understanding of the people of this empire.



To: JEB who wrote (40134)8/27/2002 10:02:21 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Of course not. We were an empire or quasi-empire well before then.

Was 9/11 the birth of an empire?

Any country with the military, economic, and cultural influence possessed by the US is an empire, the lack of colonies notwithstanding.


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