Imperialism is a historical force of civilization—like it or not. It has been that way from the dawn of history—starting with Sargon I to Egypt, China, Greece, Rome (one of the more successful empires) to others—England was one of the best. Yes, they exploit people but they do provide a peace, a system of trade and prosperity. Remember the Pax Britanica? Sargon and his family gave peace to the Middle East for 150 years (no small feat). Empires have spread ideas and beliefs—Do you think the Christian Church and message might have existed without a Roman Empire? We are in a time when the world is breaking into a patchwork of small states—most of them corrupt failures. Day will come when these will be gobbled up into new empires—We can only hope they will be led by the West rather than China or Japan. Want to read some sad history? See how China treated the lands they seized—like Tibet? Or how the Japanese treated the Koreans? Or the Turks treated the people they ruled? Imperialism will come again—Maybe this time Germany will rule (Third time is a charm they say) or a Greater Russia under Czar Putin.