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The U.S. declaring war on Japan after Pearl Harbor was not imperialism. But after the war, when the U.S. turned Japan into a vassal state and kept a ton of military bases throughout the Pacific (to supplement those from its initial phase of empire building), that is imperialism.
So, pray tell, what would you have done in the US' position?
Why do you all talk like this
It's a common idiom that indicates skeptical disagreement.
Common among redditors, maybe
I've been using it since before reddit existed. You'd almost think that people from different areas talk differently.
Yeah I can believe that too
How is that hard to believe? I was already an adult when the Internet became open to the public. My basic speech patterns were pretty well set by then.
English is one of the most spoken languages on the planet. How is it you expect everyone to sound the same?
Maybe you should consider traveling.
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