#4 An Imperialsitic U.S.A.?

             I do not think that the United States is an imperialistic country. I say this because we do not take over other countries with malicious intent to pillage them for their goods which would in turn help us. I also believe that we do not exercise control over the countries that we are supposedly imperialistic over, nor do we preside over an empire, which is the most telling characteristic of an imerialistic nation. I do understand that others may believe the United States is imperialistic due to our "conquests" in the middle east, or because other counties attempt to demean the United States and mistake our efforts of peace and the protection of Human rights for imperialism. They could also believe that the U.S.' control of Puerto Rico exemplifies imperialism, however they would be mistaking the fact that if Puerto Rico wanted to leave U.S. protection all they would have to do is vote for it.