Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up150
arrow-up150message-squareExplain like I am a moron. If the US is such apparently a badass super power it has never tried to take over another country to expand its influence and status?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-24 months agoIt was pre nukes, but we actually did go to war with Mexico. How do you think we got Texas?
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agoWe weren’t a badass superpower when that happened. We were just in a place where the actual superpowers of the time were unable and unwilling to spend the money needed to defend Mexico from us.
It was pre nukes, but we actually did go to war with Mexico. How do you think we got Texas?
We weren’t a badass superpower when that happened. We were just in a place where the actual superpowers of the time were unable and unwilling to spend the money needed to defend Mexico from us.