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The assassination of Julius Caesar was the result of a conspiracy by many Roman senators who called themselves Liberators
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Revolution9
The US didn't have and doesn't have an "Empire"
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Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Revolution9
The US didn't have and doesn't have an "Empire"
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Wiki
An imperial political structure is established and maintained in two ways: (i) as a territorial empire of direct conquest and control with force (direct, physical action to compel the emperor's goals), and (ii) as a coercive, hegemonic empire of indirect conquest and control with power (the perception that the emperor can physically enforce his desired goals).
Originally posted by Bassago
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Revolution9
The US didn't have and doesn't have an "Empire"
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Looks like an empire and smells like an empire to me.
Wiki
An imperial political structure is established and maintained in two ways: (i) as a territorial empire of direct conquest and control with force (direct, physical action to compel the emperor's goals), and (ii) as a coercive, hegemonic empire of indirect conquest and control with power (the perception that the emperor can physically enforce his desired goals).
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Revolution9
An Empire is a group of countries governed by a single Monarch. The US has never had that.
However it does have political influence (as do many other countries around the world) You are confusing your definition.
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Bassago
If the OP is comparing The Roman Empire to America he is using the word "Empire" in the complete wrong context. The Roman Empire is no way the same as America. He should have compared The Soviet Empire to America. That would make more sense.
Originally posted by Revolution9
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Bassago
If the OP is comparing The Roman Empire to America he is using the word "Empire" in the complete wrong context. The Roman Empire is no way the same as America. He should have compared The Soviet Empire to America. That would make more sense.
Yes, whatever! The thread is about JFK and the fact that I believe a whole host of powerful men were involved in the decision making process to have him assassinated. It is the real world. Things like that do go on. I am using history to provide a parallel here. What do you think about that? That is what the thread is about. We can make a thread about whether or not the U.S can be defined as having an Empire in the world if you like, but not here. I was being tongue and cheek about it. Just because there is no monarch doesn't mean that it can't achieve the same kind of exercise of power and influence in the world.
Originally posted by alldaylong
Originally posted by Revolution9
Originally posted by alldaylong
reply to post by Bassago
If the OP is comparing The Roman Empire to America he is using the word "Empire" in the complete wrong context. The Roman Empire is no way the same as America. He should have compared The Soviet Empire to America. That would make more sense.
Yes, whatever! The thread is about JFK and the fact that I believe a whole host of powerful men were involved in the decision making process to have him assassinated. It is the real world. Things like that do go on. I am using history to provide a parallel here. What do you think about that? That is what the thread is about. We can make a thread about whether or not the U.S can be defined as having an Empire in the world if you like, but not here. I was being tongue and cheek about it. Just because there is no monarch doesn't mean that it can't achieve the same kind of exercise of power and influence in the world.
Let me take you by your hand and guide you. This should be your comparison and not Cesar. His name was Leon Trotsky:-
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Bassago
reply to post by Revolution9
Back on topic OP. The parallels are certainly there in some ways. I've always believed it was the CIA instigating this for Kennedy's threat to break them up, supported by a few senators aligned with the MIC.
Kennedy was quoted as telling an official within his administration: "I want to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds."[