Are you a domestic terrorist?

[kandrathe]

Now substitute "Britian," "France," or "Spain" for "the US", and you have a handy modular history of colonialism.

Right and the Hapsburg Empire didn't extend into Mexico either. I recall the US purchased most of North America from France, and wrested or purchased the remainder from either Spain, or the British.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

The intention was to push Europe out of colonialism, rather than to practice it ourselves. Oh, well, you know what they say about good intentions.