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**Mereebirl** · 09-21-2008, 03:25 AM

Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles

We've had an overseas empire since 1898.
Correction, we've had an overseas empire since the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. Since then it has been used as the basis with which the United States has sculpted the Western Hemisphere to suit its own needs.

09-21-2008, 03:25 AM	#4
Mereebirl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles We've had an overseas empire since 1898. Correction, we've had an overseas empire since the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. Since then it has been used as the basis with which the United States has sculpted the Western Hemisphere to suit its own needs.
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