I can't read the comments for this article. It makes my brain hurt. Everything from 9/11 being an inside job to increase the national security net to the concept that the USA exists as a totalitarian empire.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that we still have many colonies, but a huge amount of spheres of influence across the planet? Yes.
When we are studied 500 years in the future, I suspect the US' historical role during this past century or so will be likened to the role of Britain at the peak of the British empire.
But I think a decent knowledge of history would reveal that the US functions in many ways that are similar to how historical empires functioned.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/US_milita...
I wouldn't go so far as to say that we still have many colonies, but a huge amount of spheres of influence across the planet? Yes.
When we are studied 500 years in the future, I suspect the US' historical role during this past century or so will be likened to the role of Britain at the peak of the British empire.