Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square43fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down114
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-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 · 3 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoWe only had one ocean when we bullied Mexico into giving up territory. We took over multiple islands both east and west of the continental US, which are now territoties and the state of Hawaii. So no, oceans didn’t stop us when we rrached both coasts.
We only had one ocean when we bullied Mexico into giving up territory.
We took over multiple islands both east and west of the continental US, which are now territoties and the state of Hawaii.
So no, oceans didn’t stop us when we rrached both coasts.