Keith Willshaw wrote:
"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:54:45 GMT, Juvat
wrote:


The objective of Desert Storm was, as you say. The objective of Iraqi
Freedom was regime change. Regardless of the objective, the fact is
that the US has NEVER after a war expressed any form of imperialism.
We don't keep the territory we take with our blood and treasure.

Hmm so remind me how California, Arizona and New Mexico
came to be US States again.

I also seem to recall Puerto Rico was a Spanish Colony prior to 1898

Now that you mention it, didn't the Philippines get their independence from us
post WWII? What were they after we took them from Spain and until we turned
them loose?

George Z.