And that the US has been expanding her empire just at the same time as the decline of the British, often at the latter's expense. - Hawaii, Puerto Rico to name a few.

>Not to mention that bush and co. want to expand that empire.
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>>I know we've gone over this ground before but what about the US empire (and I hold that your "country" is an empire of states wrested from the idiginous people)?
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>>>The only major empire still convinced that it is their 'duty' to convert the world into their way of thinking is Islam. Christianity may still lean in that direction, but not the general populace.
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>>>>I'm not sure I understand the distinction you're making. It was the partition that left people on the wrong side of the line, wasn't it? Kashmir has never been resolved, as you note. The number of people killed in sectarian violence in the late 1940 is estimated at over a million. And the Hindus and Muslims still hate each other, just with different national identities now. (And nukes). I would call that quite a mess.
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>>>>I didn't mean there were no good effects of the British Empire. There were. But overall I think we are better off without empires, period.
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