Originally Posted by Oyster

I'VE BEEN STRAWMANNED. OH, FOR SHAME.

I didn't mention anything about Bush, or Republicans, or anything of the sort-- I'm talking about politics at it's most basic level.

Historical conservatives (i.e., Andrew Jackson) are the kill/maim-the indigenous-to-obtain-resources-and-territory types that I admire-- if it wasn't for them, the expansion of the U.S. wouldn't have happened as quickly (relative to other pseudo-empires) as it did. So one could say that, in addition to producing our own resources, stealing the resources of others worked out pretty well for us-- until the U.N. came along, ofc, but that's another discussion.