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== Misuse of the Term ==

== Misuse of the Term ==

[[Anti-Americans]] and [[liberals]] in general commonly deride American [[foreign policy]] as colonial or imperial, which is [[deceit|deceitful]], as the [[United States]] has no colonies (having relinquished the Philippines, which had previously been Spanish, not sovereign), made Hawaii a state, smaller lands ([[Guam]], etc...) [[protectorates]], and purchased or legally acquired other territories ([[Guantanamo]], [[Panama Canal]]).

[[Anti-Americans]] and [[liberals]] in general commonly deride American [[foreign policy]] as colonial or imperial, which is [[deceit|deceitful]], as the [[United States]] has no colonies (having relinquished the Philippines, which had previously been Spanish, not sovereign), made Hawaii a state, smaller lands ([[Guam]], etc...) [[protectorates]], and purchased or legally acquired other territories ([[Guantanamo]], [[Panama Canal]]).