exactly I'm not equating them, quite the opposite as you see in my post, i state them as different.
but i just don't think Financial Times article and 2 people from eastern bloc are quite the same in depth of opinion and research went to back it up.
However, we do have new colonies now of US. They are called Georgia, Ukraine, Iraq, South Korea, and some other places. So if your colony theory is valid, in 30-50 years they'll become independent from US and be 'really' free. Us is trying to colonize all former soviet republics now, and they seem to be willing to split the countries, and let people die inside them in order to achieve their 'national interests' (*spit*).