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Subject: Re:I dont see the US as trying to gain more land or more authority or to conquer necessarily, which is what I think of when I hear 'imperialism'.
(V): The point is, it seems to me, that the reasons have been for other than to add more states and increase federal tax revenues.
and like AD said, the world is a very complex place....