My Opinon On America

[B-B-B]

Hey There Newgrounders My Name Is Bruce And I Am Canadian But There Is Something About The U.S That Bothers Me America Thinks It Has The Right To Police The World Whats Up With That Home Of The Free Indeed Why Not Just Let The Goverment Of The Countires Deal With Thier Problems But Noo The U.S Has To Get Involved

Thats My 2 Cents

[BWS]

We feel that when the "oportunity presents itself" we ought to interject. Personally, I think its a waste of tax dollars. There are many things that we do that are good, but people would rather not acknowledge those facts and instead dwell on the mistakes weve made. As far as helping other countries, Im all for it because we have the means to help those in need and therefore we ought to. Policing the world is not really a cut and dry topic because the line between that and what ive just said is a bit fuzzy. Like I said, we do a lot of service work that people dont give us credit for.

[Ted-Easton]

That's not even worth 2 cents.
You haven't backed it up with anything, or even provided anything but ideas and generalizations.
And as well as that, you capitalize every word, and don't use any punctuation.

[JMHX]

My Opinion Is That You Don't Capitalize Every Word In Your Sentences.

[nikdc5]

I agree witht he semi-literate guy, America interferes way too much. Why should Bush be my president (I'm from UK) when he didn't even get enough votes in his own stupid country.

[karasz]

well the US is the sole superpower, and the next 20 countries combined spend as much as the US does on its military, so the US has a huge gap between itself and the world...

if the US sits back and does nothing people get pissed off for the worlds superpower doing nothing...

if the US jumps into the battle people get pissed off for the worlds superpower pushing its weight around...

so what the fuck do you people want from us???

the answer is every country wants teh US to do its dirty work for them... every middle eastern country condemned the US attack on Iraq, but i guarantee you that every middle eastern leader called the US and thanked them for removing saddam out of power...

so basically when im white house chief of staff and im sittin next to the president on foreign policy issues im just going to tell him to do what is right and tell everyone else to fuck off...

[Slizor]

if the US sits back and does nothing people get pissed off for the worlds superpower doing nothing...

Like when?

the answer is every country wants teh US to do its dirty work for them... every middle eastern country condemned the US attack on Iraq, but i guarantee you that every middle eastern leader called the US and thanked them for removing saddam out of power...

There is a difference between not liking a Government and taking one out....a big difference.

[JMHX]

At 8/1/03 07:02 PM, Slizor wrote:

if the US sits back and does nothing people get pissed off for the worlds superpower doing nothing...

Like when?

This is/was the case in Liberia, over our not wanting to send soldiers in. Of course, Africa has sent 5,000, so this is pretty much over now and we can move our peacekeepers in after the war ends.

the answer is every country wants teh US to do its dirty work for them... every middle eastern country condemned the US attack on Iraq, but i guarantee you that every middle eastern leader called the US and thanked them for removing saddam out of power...

There is a difference between not liking a Government and taking one out....a big difference.

Yes. It's not the best policy to always jump to the guns like the old cowboy in the Western flick. Diplomacy is priceless in the shaky world we exist in.

[karasz]

At 8/1/03 07:02 PM, Slizor wrote:

if the US sits back and does nothing people get pissed off for the worlds superpower doing nothing...

Like when?

liberia, rwanda and bosnia just for the past 15 years that i can think of... and when north korea first hit the fan bush wanted multi-lateral talks, but nk didnt people got mad at the US for sittin back and waiting

the answer is every country wants teh US to do its dirty work for them... every middle eastern country condemned the US attack on Iraq, but i guarantee you that every middle eastern leader called the US and thanked them for removing saddam out of power...

There is a difference between not liking a Government and taking one out....a big difference.

you are absolutely correct... but what is your point...

i take it you're mad at the war... but lets review something the US helps muslims in bosnia and the former yugoslavia and the muslim world says nothing... the US attacks afghanistan and iraq and its a war on islam...

the muslim countries are really fucking good at playing spin doctor against the US...

[Ted-Easton]

The Liberian rebels became so fed up with the US that they piled all the bodies of dead government soldiers in front of the US embassy.

[JMHX]

At 8/1/03 11:49 PM, Ted_Easton wrote: The Liberian rebels became so fed up with the US that they piled all the bodies of dead government soldiers in front of the US embassy.

The Embassy, which held one United States soldier behind bullet proof glass. That picture should win a prize or something.

[Ted-Easton]

Ha!
One single US soldier?
Behind bulletproof glass!
That's great.

He should have been in a bulletproof vending machine. Liberia inserts surrender of all it's natural resources, the US army comes out.

[JMHX]

At 8/2/03 08:38 AM, Ted_Easton wrote:

He should have been in a bulletproof vending machine. Liberia inserts surrender of all it's natural resources, the US army comes out.

This is the next research project of DARPA.

[O-Z3R0-O]

ya know something? It's not really the US that is deciding to do this, it's George Busch... I quote "I'm tired of waiting!" said george busch... NO ONE LIKES HIM NEITHER DO AMERICANS SO GET OVER YOURSELF! we did NOT vote for him! that was the gay ass electoral college. Don't blame us blame the power.

[RoyBatty]

At 8/1/03 10:06 PM, karasz wrote: but lets review something the US helps muslims in bosnia and the former yugoslavia and the muslim world says nothing... the US attacks afghanistan and iraq and its a war on islam...

It's hard for Muslims not to feel attacked when the US president is trying to rally the American people behind "God and country" to get rid of all countries that harbor terrorists (like we don't have our share, and like anyone can prove they aren't harboring anyone). To make things worse, he's rallying behind the same god that happened to be worshipped by the crusaders who came in and obliterated thousands upon thousands of Muslims in the past. I know I would feel pretty fucking attacked if some Christian warmongor had declared generalistic attack plans that include any country in the world he so desires to fit into his mold with propaganda.

[karasz]

ok, but lets not forget the muslims did in fact hold their own during the crusades thats why there was 4 of them...

actually 5 but the 5th one was west europe attacking byzantine to buy back all the merchants in italy for their ships and stuff

the other four i know the muslims won the first and thrid and the one with king richard of england (not sure which number that was)

[Commander-K25]

At 8/3/03 11:20 PM, karasz wrote: the other four i know the muslims won the first and thrid and the one with king richard of england (not sure which number that was)

Not to mention the Moorish invasion of Spain, the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and muslims expansion in the Caucasus region.

[RoyBatty]

At 8/3/03 11:20 PM, karasz wrote: ok, but lets not forget the muslims did in fact hold their own during the crusades thats why there was 4 of them...

They held their own because they started noticing the signs of impending attack. Like Bush becoming president. :P

[BootlegJones]

Ok man, I agree with you, but use punctuation. It helps people to understand you better.