Empires had a history of shaping the world. Not only as we know it, but the possible outcomes that could have been. Parsons ends his chapter on the Iraq War conflict, while Burbank and Cooper ends their discussion on empires as inconclusive.
Parsons seems to paint this worst case scenario in his conclusion on the Iraq War. He suggests the United States attempted to build an empire in Iraq because of the petroleum reserves found in Iraq. Parsons suggests that the liberation operations against Saddam Hussein serves as a front so the United States can steal oil from Iraq. All the evidence points further with Parsons attempt to dissuade this notion when he made the "while no factual evidence" argument to balance the bias. Antiwar demonstrators made this same claim as they chanted that the war on terror 'was a war on error'.
Burbank and Cooper suggest that empires drove human history, and practically guided humanity in the direction of civil behavior. This speaks from a broad perspective from reading the accomplishments, contributions, history, and observations made by Burbank and Cooper.
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