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Re:The decline of US power? by pcrh on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:26AM (#9863276)
The US rose as a significant international power only after WWI, so I guess it still has a way to go...
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Re:The decline of US power? by x5n1 on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:35AM (#9863307)
First of all America was a colony to begin with, until Independence. And since then it has been expanding by colonizing. It's been an Empire since the Revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._colonial_possessi...

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Re:The decline of US power? by pcrh on Friday July 10, 2015 @08:50AM (#9863618)
The continental USA hasn't been considered an empire since the 1840's, any more then the UK is considered an "English Empire".

I suppose the continental USA could be invaded by Mexico or Canada, in which case one would have to see a much more considerable reversal of fortunes than that being considered in the OP.

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