Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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-square43linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 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.
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.