America is the most powerful nation EVER!!!, page 3

Originally posted by jimbo999
reply to post by hinky

But WHEN does a nation become an 'EMPIRE' exactly? 'Empire' is a label used in retrospect in most cases. Not many 'empires' thought of themselves as such at the time they WERE 'empires'. The US is currently in 'Empire' building mode; and have been since the end of WW2 really.

Whatever happened to the US as the 'good guys'??

Remember, the past is our greatest teacher.

J.

The Romans actually had a great 500 year run as a republic, but then...

Wikipedia says:The Roman Empire is the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and the Mediterranean. The Roman Empire succeeded the 500-year-old Roman Republic (510 BC – 1st century BC), which had been weakened by the civil wars of the Late Republic, and continued as the Byzantine Empire until 1453.[4] Several dates are commonly proposed to mark the transition from Republic to Empire, including the date of Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator (44 BC), the victory of Caesar's heir Octavian at the Battle of Actium (September 2 31 BC), and the Roman Senate's granting to Octavian the honorific Augustus. (January 16 27 BC).[5]

The Roman Empire is still active today, it was transmuted into the Roman Church. The Roman Catholic religion is the closest thing this planet has had to a one world ruler. Thanks to the Crusades in Euro-Asia and to Spanish colonialism in the Americas. The Pope and his Jesuits rule from "Vatican City" The Pope is currently dictating his authority in NYC, where the Catholic church is the largest property owner

Wikipedia
The British Empire was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery, which began with the maritime explorations of the 15th century, that sparked the era of the European colonial empires. By 1921, the British Empire held sway over a population of about 458 million people, approximately one-quarter of the world's population.[1] It covered about 36.6 million km² (14.2 million square miles),[2] about a quarter of Earth's total land area. As a result, its legacy is widespread, in legal and governmental systems, economic practice, militarily, educational systems, sports, and in the global spread of the English language. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous colonies or subject nations.[3]

The British can also take credit for creating Protestantism, the opposition to the Catholic church. The King James Bible was most likely written by New Atlantis author and Shakespeare ghost write Sir Francis Bacon.

The British empire is still active today as the United Sates military located in Washington DC and the world of "commercial law" which is based upon British Maritime Law. The world financial industry is dictated by the House of Rothschild banking elite located in "The City of London"

The US Empire is a little tougher to pinpoint. Woodrow Wilson was a major enabler by helping the Federal Reserve to be formed in 1913. FDR started taking money directly from American paychecks in 1933(Emergency Banking Act). I would site 1947's National Security Act, which formed the CIA, the NSA(National Security Association, the department of Defense(replacing the WAR department) and creating the National Security Council (President,Vice President,Sec of Defense, Sec of State) which has the power to ignore the US Constitution if they and they alone decide that there is a threat to "national security"

The past is a great teacher as long as you observe it properly !