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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
That's good stuff right there. You don't actually believe that, do you? Isn't the U.S. deployed in other countries right now fighting people?
In fact, hasn't the U.S., for the majority of its entire existence, been involved in some kind of conflict or war?
I don't expect it to change, it is fully engrained in their culture and national psyche now. Americans fight. Their country is far from tolerant or a symbol of restraint. Actually, they're probably the most hypocritical country on earth. |
As RockinFlames just said their is an expectation put on America to be involved when things go down. Personally I'm glad they are there and willing to play the role of world policeman. Even considering their mistakes and excesses we as a world are better off with them. If America ever shrinks back from that role because of neccesity or political change our world will be a lot darker and a lot more cruel. Nothing will restrain bigger Nations from swallowing up smaller Nations and it will be done with little regard to the civilians during or after. China and a newly revived Russia will fill the void left by the States and their standards for human rights and due process will become the lot of everyone that comes under their influence.
But, in any case, when I commented that America should be commended for their restraint in trying times I wasn't refering to their government but, rather ordinary Americans. They seemed even in their grief and anger to go out of their way to differentuate between Muslims who want to kill them and Muslims who want to live in peace. It would have been so easy not to and have a visiable enemy they could strike back at but, they took the high road. Look at the treatment of the Japanese and Germans in World War II. America didn't go down that path again nor did they alienate them within their communities.