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| (...) Uh? I can see China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Iraq. But France???? No the USA is not alone in imperialism. If you were willing to go back 30 or 40 years you could add a whole host of other countries - South Africa, the UK, Argentian, Spain, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Wow, what a view! I want a house next to yours! :-, (...) Mostly real-estate holdings in the Pacific, with some other (disputed) claims in South America and the Indian Ocean. France is probably not the best example, as they're not actively (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I will take the plexiglas windows, thank you...oh, and the armoured station wagon to go along with it... (...) Algeria? Algeria? Anyone? Bueller...? In reality, border-expansion imperialism is pretty much dead; the only way most governments (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) and (...) Oooops! I guess I asked for that one. <grin> Well I can offer a small view of the sea from my upstairs window. And a few minutes walk away there's a view right across Morecambe Bay to the mountains in the Lake District, 30 miles (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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