Al Jazeera on Egypt and the American Empire

[Mike11]

Rashid Khalidi and others discuss the American Empire and the Middle East.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2011/02/20112875931593543.html

Edited February 8, 2011 by Joel Mac Donald

[BaalChatzaf]

Rashid Khalidi and others discuss the American Empire and the Middle East.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2011/02/20112875931593543.html

There is no American Empire outside the Western Hemisphere, in the sense of the word that applies to the Roman Empire.

The Romans had an Empire, the British had an Empire. Not the United States. We don't have the mentality for it.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[sbeaulieu]

However, the US does have its fingers in just about everyone's pie.

~ Shane