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foobarqux on March 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia approves use of military in Ukraine

> I thought Obama was supposed to be the anti-imperialist replacement for Bush?

America has been imperialist since WWII. It has nothing to do with the sitting president.

_7h4m on March 1, 2014 [–]

America has been imperialist since the 1800s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

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