(ignore the dick-measuring bait in picture) In lieu of the comparisons

File: we wuz mongols.jpg (15KB, 520x241px) Image search: [Google]

15KB, 520x241px

(ignore the dick-measuring bait in picture)

In lieu of the comparisons of the United States to the Roman Empire, wouldn't it more appropriate to compare the US to the Mongol Empire?

> affinity for alcohol
> cultural affinity for devices of long distance travel (pickup trucks and horses)
> relatively tolerant of yet feared by Muslims (Iraq War and Sack of Baghdad)
> conduit of trade between East and West (Silk Road vs San Francisco and New York)
>expansion over vast plains (Mongol Invasions vs Manifest Destiny)
Thoughts?