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Hostage users vs. Hostage killers, what a wonderful scenario the Middle East has gotten itself into this time.
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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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Please no. As Teddy Roosevelt once noted, we lack the interest in it. Let's just not.
Hard to argue we don’t have the appetite after spending our first 150 years conquering territory roughly double the size of the Roman Empire at its peak
That was more ethnic cleansing than traditional imperialism. Not that I disagree that describing it as imperialism is valid, but it's not what TR was talking about. The point was that Americans lack serious interest in foreign affairs or a desire for distant prestige projects. Our every overseas acquisition, temporary or permanent, has been marked by a noted uncertainty of what to actually do with any of it. Not that that makes any of the folk getting crushed happier, but it does reflect a lack of interest in the whole topic.
Perhaps we just need to generate a little excitement.
Gladiators worked nicely for the Romans, maybe we could generate similar hype with a reality show to choose the governor of each new province. I think “Love Island, Argentinian Governor Edition” would be a real hit.
Stop life, I'd like to get off, please