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[โ€“] 100@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

expansionism is hard when you are surrounded by two huge oceans

[โ€“] snooggums@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

We only had one ocean when we bullied Mexico into giving up territory.

We took over multiple islands both east and west of the continental US, which are now territoties and the state of Hawaii.

So no, oceans didn't stop us when we rrached both coasts.