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I would like to live in less historical times.

I'm a Finn.

Same, American.

I don’t know why we got to be assholes. I prefer speaking softly and carrying a big stick.

Annexing territory was actually way more common back then. US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark at around that time.

I think that was much more a cooperative agreement type situation than childish threats like we have now.

I'm not opposed to changes in territory in principle... but there's no principles involved in the current US administration acting out like a fragile child.

Threats are always a part of negotiations. There was also a proposal to trade Greenland for 1/3 of the Philippines (which the US got from Spain just for showing up to a war that nobody wanted).

True. But if the shit gets real, you guys are the best in the world to deal with it. Plenty of Russians at the bottom of the lakes to attest that.

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