Originally Posted by
minigundiplomat
The French did it with Indochina and North Africa, Belgium did it with the Congo, Spanish with Mexico and South America, Portuguese with Brazil, Dutch with East Indies, German's with ..... ok lets skip that.
The British and the Americans only differed in being competent at it.
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After Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan, I'd shudder to see what incompetent would look like.