Quote Originally Posted by boaz
The US is not an "empire". Never has been, never plan to be one. We are simply a Democratic Republic that stands for the ideals of individual freedom and self rule. These are ideas that will never be in decline. :twocents:

About Iran, if you look at what is happening right now it is similar to what happened right before the they finally overthrew the Shaw, a cycle of protest and mourning followed by more protest. This eventually errupted into the revolution that ousted the Shaw.
True, by definition the US is not an empire. However, I feel that it is indeed a Multi-National Corporate Syndicate. One that utilizes espionage, economic warfare, and good old fashioned killing to enforce it's false morality. Freedom is a strange thing when it is delineated through control, and when it is only offered to those who fit into a criteria established by a corrupt sense of moral righteousness. :detective1: