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Capn Amerika
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:20 AM Original message |
Historical question. Any occasion of an ex-empire being subjugated by a foreign power? |
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. it will be an economic war |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Economics |
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havocmom
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. Alexander the Great kicked the crap outta Persia and moved east |
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DRoseDARs
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Then the Romans went after the Greeks and Egypt... |
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illinoisprogressive
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Sat Jan-06-07 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree. it will be war with China and it will be by economics not bombs. |
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WinkyDink
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Why do you think not bombs? We bombed Iraq for oil. China is our |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. China has nukes |
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WinkyDink
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Ottoman empire? Austro-Hungarian? |
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ellisonz
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. 2 from Herodotus |
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yurbud
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. well, Britain is our bitch now, but still recognizably british. |
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yurbud
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. here's a thought: how did being an empire help the average Brit, Spaniard, or Frenchman? |
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ellisonz
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Sat Jan-06-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Louis XIV and Napolean III just rolled over in their graves. |
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hughee99
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Sat Jan-06-07 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. The Zulus and the Anglo-Saxons? n/t |
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Selatius
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Sat Jan-06-07 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. In 100 years, American economic hegemony will be smashed. |
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