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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
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Pax Americana
I can't go through all the paranoid delusions that have been posted.....about how evil the USA is or on the other hand how rightous the USA is....We are way beyond that now.
If U are an American and think this country is the evil underhanded empire......I got news for you...you are part of it, you enjoy the benfits of the ill gotten swag. If you don't think so go wash your clothes on a rock like most of the world does.
If you think this country is the right hand of Gawd......think again.....I do believe that our ideals are the better nature of the angels BUT we do have our limits and do act with expediency and sometimes our hands get dirty. So there are valid reasons why people hate the USA in the world.
I think that the Irak situation is a done deal...we will go to war, it may get messy if Irak uses it's WMD. The USA will win.
The simple fact of the matter is that the USA is the most powerfull country in the world...Politically, economically and militarily. Americans have to get used to the fact that we have to use our power in some way....we have to go forward. If the USA does nothing the consequences maybe dire. As the most powerfull country in the world the world looks to the USA for leadership, if we abdicate our leadership someone else will take it and our power will wane.....that is the nature of things...
I know there are alot of conseratives in the USA that see the UN as a useless organization that should be abolished. I don't believe that GW believes that himself, but there are those in his administration that do. They have his ear. GW's attitude seems to be that the interests of the USA and American people comes first. That the USA is going to act in those interests, regardless if other countries like it or not. Maybe he should be more like Bill Clinton, telling them he loves them before he fk's them...... maybe it would slide in easier.
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