Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down110
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoWe only had one ocean when we bullied Mexico into giving up territory. We took over multiple islands both east and west of the continental US, which are now territoties and the state of Hawaii. So no, oceans didn’t stop us when we rrached both coasts.
We only had one ocean when we bullied Mexico into giving up territory.
We took over multiple islands both east and west of the continental US, which are now territoties and the state of Hawaii.
So no, oceans didn’t stop us when we rrached both coasts.