Is the United States Imperialistic?

Is or have the United States Imperialistic?

                        Pro                                                                                 

• America’s “New Imperialism” is much softer and is more interested in maintaining global trade.
• This soft imperialism benefits the world much more than the traditional hard imperialism of a century .
• What seems to rile the world large and small is that we have the capability to act imperialistic at any time we choose.

                       Con

• We are not imperialistic like in the 19th century way of colonizing and dominating.
• We have the capability to be an Imperialistic nation. But by historical measures, we’re Imperialistic underachievers
• To ourselves, we are just plain old America, which is anti-imperialistic.