Question for meeting of the minds...

Is America an imperialist country? Why? (Corday's answer)

Many countries became imperialist countries by taking over countries in Africa, just as France, Germany, and Great Britain. They took the country, because it could not say 'no' to them since their country was not as strong to defend itself, and made it into a country with similar laws, religions, way of work, etc. basically to make money off of them. These countries were forcing their ways onto these people. After awhile they even began to fight over who was getting what country, and they would use the countries that they already took over to fight so less of their own people would die.
Now in America today, some may believe that their current situation with Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan is America being imperialist onto them. I, however, do not believe that it is because if you think about what made them go over there in the first place and what started the war was because of America's September 11, 2001. Terrorists attacked them without any warning at all, America went over to stop being attacked and to save its own people. They are attempting to create a better life style for the people in these countries and yes, they got rid of their leader but only because he was the one who authorized the attacks to begin with. America may seem imperialist, but truly it is not.