We haven't been out of that period for 200 years. The current set of actors are just more clumsy and less elegant.

The US seems to want to emulate 1800s Britain I guess.

Lebensraum

This is called annexation.

What is this, the Sudetenland?

That is how get all the STIs.

Okay Mr Garrison

Where has China been imperialist in the past 15 years.

The zionists only think they have the right to defend themselves. Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran don't have the right to defend themselves from the attacks of Israel.

See I take the ever so nuanced stance of yes Isreal is entitled to self defense, BUT and stay with me here it's important, what they are doing isn't self defense anymore and needs to be stopped

Whenever it's the US or Israel doing the crime, it's legal!

Yeah, it's called manifest destiny

Control is a broader term meaning it could be yours or your neighbors but it is occupied and garrisonsed by your troops. Annexation is formally adding the territory to your nation and increases the Aggressive Expansion penalty.

That doesn't seem to be the message. Instead, it's that the NYT (along with the rest of mainstream/establishment media) self-censures criticism of Israel, by using more neutral terms.

Hopefully the latter.

Suppose I say "if you're ok with X then you should be ok with Y, because X and Y are equivalent" and "if you're not ok with X then you should not be ok with Y because X and Y are equivalent". Do I mean I'm ok with X or not?

a publicly traded entity controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, who have held authority since 1896. A.G. Sulzberger is the current chairman of the company and publisher of the newspaper, representing the sixth generation of his family to lead the organization.

Just another multi generational dynasty. Inbreeding may be less popular these days but I've met some rich families and they raise horrible human beings.