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Originally Posted by nynor
um... that sounds like the united states, actually. we made peace with everyone, promised peace with everyone, then became so powerful that no country can withstand us. except of course the vietnamese, koreans, and the iraqi insurgents.
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The US because a military power out of necessity. We and our allies were attacked by aggressors like Japan and Germany and had to fight or die.
We fought, we geared up our military machine for the sake of survival. We became a superpower out of necessity, not desire.
Later we fought against the soviets and Chinese who threatened our way of life, our system of government, our values. We fought against the soviets and Chinese in places like Vietnam, Korea, etc. Places you mention but gloss over the reason and cause. You make it sound lie we attacked Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq because we just felt like being an aggressor. Wrong. We went to Vietnam and Korea to support a free government that was threatened by a communist insurgency, a coup. We fought to protect. We were successful in South Korea, we failed in Vietnam. We didn't lose the war to the communists over there, we lost to the bleeding heart liberals and communists over here. We were fighting the wrong enemy. We still are and they are getting more powerful and dangerous ref. Obama).
So your statement that "we made peace with everyone, promised peace with everyone, then became so powerful that no country can withstand us" doesn't seem to be applicable, as least the way I read it.