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Voted : Bullies
I bet that most people outside of the U.S view us as bullies because we actually believe in our individual sovereingty and that we have a right to defend ourselves.
Most people outside the US consider the US establishment as bullies because the US establishment are, well, bullies.
Just look at history. From South and Central America, I'm talking Nicaragua, Columbia, Panama, Grenada, Haiti, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela etc. to the Middle East like Iran, Iraq etc the US establishment has a long record of supporting abusive regimes as long as they toed the American line. The US establishment has a long history of opposing democracy in many countries if that democracy didn’t produce the desired results. The US establishment is still doing today what it has been guilty of doing for decades.
I've said bullies in this post but lets be honest here. The US is guilty of terrorism.
by B_P on Tue Oct 17, 06 9:38am
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Probably rigth B_P much like all of Europe was for centuries. Looks like we learned some bad habits from you guys.
Voted : Remember Ashlee Simpson on SNL?
Guess who's pressing the buttons behind the curtain?
Other nations are corrupt, aggressive and untrustworthy, but they don't piss the world off with sanctimonious posturing.
B_P, the leadership of all the countries you mentioned have been corrupt since their inception - long before the United States ever got involved with them. When we did meddle in their affairs it was to oppose communism, and when it came to finding an ally in the war against communism, the pickings were very slim. The dictators who were available like Marcos (The Phillipines), Pinochet (Chile), The Shaw (Iran), etc., as despicable as they were, were hard-line anti-communists, and we needed them, in the grander scheme, to thwart the Soviet Union's efforts to spread their diseased brand of government around the world. The fascist dictators we supported were scum and I hope they're rotting in Hell now, but I think the strategy was to support the lesser of two evils. Why, if we were so influential in those countries, we couldn't install a benevolent leader, I'll never know.
For the last 6 years? Why as a shiney beacon of light, benevolence, freedom, joy, prosperity and peace of course. Geesh, I can't keep a straight face. This lady I know who is from Turkey just came back from being home for a month and she said that in Turkey they are filled with dread because they think Bush and Cheney have turned us into the new Soviet Union. Sort of like this omni-present bully that just barrels through and cares little for what people think. But she also said that they only feel this way under Bush! I think that's key. They loved Clinton!
If George Washington were around today, he'd be wondering why he didn't just go ahead and let the Continental Congress name him King.
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