First of all America was not trying to conquer Iraq they made that clear from the start,
As for the American Empire, it began to fold a long time ago. When reason first went,
Ronald Reagan came to power, and the speed at which the decline has come to is
going to make it nearly impossible to stop. America's Empire was not as most, it was
an internal Empire if you will. Good jobs, plenty of them, quality made goods, the right
mix of regulation and self determination to succeed and so on.
Ronnie changed all that. He bought into the New World Order nonsense and the rest
is a steep decline. First they got rid of the right balance of regulation and the con men
ran roughshod over the land. Then came the I will lower your taxes routine. That was
fine, except that meant there was no funding to repair roads, railways, bridges and other
infrastructure throughout America at the Federal Level. That meant the States, who were
in funding difficulties could not keep up the required maintenance and it fell to local
governments who were already over burdened. Soon education funding and social
programs such as they were, were under funded.
Ever since the low taxes, which didn't save jobs also meant the standard of living over all
declined and there is even less tax money for improvements. The jobs left because the
governments signed onto international deals to stimulate third world economies and provide
larger profit margins for business at the expense of Americans in America.
The result is the great experiment in an open political concept was hijacked by the corporate
elite for profit and nothing more. The worst is still yet to come as the American experience
will become the American nightmare.
As for a physical land mass empire, that was not the goal of America, control economically was
and even that is now in serious doubt.
