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Politics - USA the big bad bully? - Page 3

I really feel in some ways the same,someone must rise above and lead the world.If not us then who?When you are on top,it is obvious,because everyone is out to bash you,instead of commend you.Its o.k. to hate us,or trash our ideas,(we believe in expressing your true feelings),but there really is no body in the history of the world that has done more to the benefit of mankind.So if you lost our 'aid' maybe you should think about whats important to you.(If I get fired from my job for violating company policy why would I complain about that ? I did it to myself.)(and how would I get the job back?By adjusting back to company policy,or quit and look for someone else to mooch off of.)
We are by far perfect,nobody is.

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I was going to add my input, but it seems that the ideas behind 'what they have done for us' has been trashed out a lot in the Iraq War (first thread), United Nations or USA's Nations and the Bin Laden Friend or Foe threads so much that this will only be a repeat Go USA!

Politics - USA the big bad bully? History & Civil Business Politics

I was recently informed of this quote, notice it is not my words... what do you think about it?

" ... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence, generally held by the public, and the other of ends-justify-the-means brutality sponsored by counterinsurgency specialists. Normally the specialists carry out their actions in remote locations with little notice in the national press. That allows the public to sustain its faith in a just America, while hard-nosed security and economic interests are still protected in secret. "
-Robert Parry, investigative reporter and author

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"It seems that 'we have never gone to war for conquest, for exploitation, nor for territory'; we have the word of a president [McKinley] for that. Observe, now, how Providence overrules the intentions of the truly good for their advantage. We went to war with Mexico for peace, humanity and honor, yet emerged from the contest with an extension of territory beyond the dreams of political avarice. We went to war with Spain for relief of an oppressed people [the Cubans], and at the close found ourselves in possession of vast and rich insular dependencies [primarily the Philippines] and with a pretty tight grasp upon the country for relief of whose oppressed people we took up arms. We could hardly have profited more had 'territorial aggrandizement' been the spirit of our purpose and heart of our hope. The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations."
-- Ambrose Bierce, Warlike America

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Here is a great article that applies to this topic.

What have the Americans ever done for us? Liberated 50 million people...

Politics - USA the big bad bully?

Excuse me? Care to back that up?

Gratitude tends to wane under the heels of arrogance. Have you asked yourself why Canadians still get the warmest of welcomes in France while Americans do not?

The American war contribution to Europe during WWII wan invaluable, yes. And the gratitude was great. The question should not be 'how dare the ungrateful Europeans refuse to support us in Iraq?', but rather 'how has America managed to squander the political capital gained from WWII?'. Another interesting question: just how long should Europe have debased itself to the American liberator?

Politics USA big bad bully - Page 3

"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world"
-- Benjamin Harrison, address to Congress, 1888

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AHEAD: SIX DECADES OF HUMILIATION

Ted Rall - NEW YORK--The world hates us more than ever, according to a new Pew Research poll of 16,000 citizens in 15 countries. Most Canadians think Americans are exceptionally rude. The Chinese say we're violent and greedy. Nearly half of Turks--up from 32 percent a year ago--say they dislike Americans as individuals and America as a nation, according to the survey. Muslims have a "quite negative hostility toward America," says Pew president Andrew Kohut. Even among our traditional allies, he says, the United States "remains broadly disliked."
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...esofhumiliation