Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

That's because they already tried and failed.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

Why don't you ask your own elected leaders? I can guarantee you that any nukes would be pulled out of any European country that told the US flatly to remove them. The last thing we want is nuclear weapons sitting in a country that is potetially turning hostile towards us. There is a sizable percentage of Americans, I consider myself one, that thinks the need for large numbers of US military personell stationed in Europe is past. But whenever the idea of bringing those garrisons home is brought up, some of the loudest voices objecting are the governments hosting them and the busineses in those countries that sell things to those soldiers. You want our soldiers there spending their money in your resturants and stores, just don't be bringing your "culture" in here. Leave that on the base thank you very much. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

I don't think Japan has ever invaded an Islamic country.

Ask our elected leaders? Pah! When the parliament here debated about whether or not to send soldiers to Iraq, over 80% of the population was against it... and they were sent. Some time back, less than 20% of the population supported our Prime Minister.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

Bush's tern will be over in a little less that 4 years. Everyone in the world will celebrate then.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

Wait 5 years or until OPEC decides to stop selling the world Oil.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

WW2 perhaps? Indonesia is mostly an Islamic country (among others), but I do not know if Japan conquered Indonesia during WW2 (modern history has never been my cup of tea).

And Japan has been trying to "impose their culture": mangas and animes are much more popular here than comics, and Asian restaurants are simply more common than places selling American beer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I would not call this imposing culture, however; at best, governments can try to promote their culture aboard, or make it harder for foreign culture to "invade" the country.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

Japan conquered Indonesia, alright. They conquered whole fricking East Asia from China to the Pacific and from Hokkaido (but that already was Japan) to New Guinea. But that was in a time when Japan was a fascist empire. I was talking about nowadays.

Though I don't know if Indonesia was islamic in WWII. Back then, we still controlled it, and we were christian. I think that most of the population there was christian as well (like in the Phillippines) and that it only became an Islamic country after they had (rightfully, I think) won their independence.

(I know I've been using "islamic" and "Islamic".)

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

http://projectxstudios.com/funny/europe_usa.jpg

slightly related to "cultural imperialism": Europe strikes back!

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

What makes you think they have changed completely? What makes you so sure that the entire japanese population does not harbour right-wing ideas and nostalgia for their past?

Mr. Dutchman, read what you have typed there once more, very carefully, word per word, and see if it makes sense.

Re: OT (or is it?): American Imperialism
 

Islam spread to Indonesia by way of the Asian continent hundreds of years before Christianity came with the Porteguese and Spanish explorers. I don't know what the percentage of followers for each by population was before WWII though.