Eggplant:

Perhaps. And it was also a screwup; leaving an incompetent Left-wing nationalist (and one who also believed in the Arab superstate) in charge of one of the world’s major international resources. Arab terrorism in all the years since, including the series of attacks on Israel, was the result of it. And the reason Eisenhower did it? The same reason as for the fact that the price of Lend-Lease was just about all Britain’s international reserves and most of its overseas bases.

Britain had its back to the wall – and acted as it had to, and the USA took over the leadership of the world; which was the whole point of the exercise. And just to make the result more certain, the USA took two years to join in the fight against two of the worst dictatorships in Earth’s history. Two years during which the UK was essentially alone except for a few underpopulated and/or underdeveloped colonies.

It ought not to be forgotten, either, that a long time ago, when the UK was doing its usual thing – fighting against the forces of totalitarianism (in the form of Napoleon this time) the USA was on the other side. Or that the “land of the brave and the home of the free” took fifty years after its formation for a large part of its population to share that freedom, even in theory. And a hell of a lot longer for them to share that freedom in fact.

The holier-than-thou attitude of some Americans makes me sick. You’re just another country – admittedly less of a police state than some at the moment, but that’s changing. Fast. Some may look forward to the American Imperium, but I don’t.

Legions – check. Using them for conquest – check. Praetorian Guard – check. Demands for tribute – check. Bread, circuses and bloodthirsty entertainment – check. Torture of the opposition – check. Dynastic rule – check (or at least starting).

Rome was a free republic once. Look what happened to them.