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muriel_volestrangler

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27. It's 1920s and 30s thinking

Reply to Inkey (Reply #26)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:56 AM

8 hrs ago

When the UK and France carved up the Middle East between them, and Italy marched into Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Albania. The last time the USA was quite so open about imperialism was the 1900s, with the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

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It's 1920s and 30s thinking muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #27