The Protestants' fear of Catholic expansionism is evident in the explanations given for the hostilities.
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They opposed isolationism in America: a notable essay by George Orwell gave warning of German expansionism under Hitler.
Yet by the same token, they also did nothing to curb Soviet expansionism or advance any other US interest.
By pushing for Fed expansionism now, they're hoping to avoid new entitlement programs that impose a permanent drag on the economy.
Though ostensibly humanitarian, their mission's main motives were America's fear of German expansionism, and the protection of American property and interests.
Today, the US finds itself competing not only against an emergent Russia, but against Iran, and the Shi'ite expansionism it advances.
With the war over, Seward found the time to devote to expansionism.
So where is our Mr. X in government today who will craft a similar policy document to address the threat of Islamic expansionism?
We will continue to build support for this emerging bipartisan consensus like the one around containment of Soviet expansionism that George Kennan inspired.
Such a nation could serve as a deterrent to and buffer against renewed Russian expansionism against Ukraine and other former victims of Soviet aggression.
Such an attitude is a root cause of the country's continuing problems with Korea and China, the chief victims of Japanese expansionism in the first half of the century.
As was the case during the Cold War, so too today, the US's best option for checking Russian and Iranian expansionism and neutralizing Sunni jihadists is to back Israel.
The path to economic recovery is staring the U.S. in the face: Put a high priority on a strong and stable dollar, cut high tax rates and restrain Washington's economic expansionism.
Today as the US faces Russian hostility, Iranian expansionism and Saudi-financed Sunni jihadists, it remains afflicted by the Cold War dilemma of the relative importance of its alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Russia's massive armament of Iran in this and in previous sales over the past two years make clear that from Russia's perspective, all threats to US interests, including Shi'ite expansionism, work to Moscow's advantage.
With China's energy reserves insufficient to meet future demand at home, there are incentives for such expansionism even if some foreign oil companies are beginning suspect that the South China Sea's oil riches may be more fabled than real.
Yet, since checking Soviet expansionism and not securing Israel was the US's primary strategic aim, and since the US perceived Saudi Arabia as an ally against Soviet expansionism, the Reagan administration pushed the sale forward against Israel's strenuous objections.
But now an intoxicated Israel wanted more, and the failure to make peace led both to a revival under Israeli occupation of a fierce Palestinian nationalism and the birth, under the spell of the six-day victory, of a Messianic national-religious Jewish expansionism.
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