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I didn't say we took more casualties, I said we have bled more than any other country while helping other countries. Did France bleed while trying to help some other country. No. Did Russia? No. They only fought for themselves because they were attacked. We bled while helping others to regain their freedom. You missed the whole point.
You think they wouldn't have gone for the U.S.A after they took europe and asia? You were helping to save your own future, but lucky enough to get away with it without any bigger losses. It was a WORLD war, not a EUROPE + ASIA war.
You did help us greatly in the war, but you're not a shining beacon. You could have came alot earlier instead of being neutral, and you were fighting for your own future aswell.
I don't hate U.S.A, there are many things about the country i like. But you're not the shining beacon that the rest of the world look up to. And i mean no offense with this. You're just another country, one that might have it better economically than others, but still just a country.
It doesn't matter for other nations to love us...
Any quality nation or individual,any where in the world,likes us...
What matters though is for our enemies to fear us...
After the liberation of Iraq,Khaddafi sh*tted his ...burkha,( or whatever) & said that he will...cooperate with USA against terrorism...
Is Ahmadinezand now afraid of USA ?
France & Germany created an antiamer axis in NATO & acted like agents of Russia,blocking the entry of Ukraine & Georgia.
Nobody is afraid of us today...
This is a good point.
For instance, when we are at war these days, we play by the rules and are the "nice guy".
There was that time we had a chance to obliterate an entire pack of Al Qaeda at a funeral, but our "morals" allowed them to grieve over a death. Then later the very same group that could have been killed turns around kills us instead while we are distracted.
If you are going to be a pansy nice guy, and avoid hitting outlaws in baby formula plants, or mosques, or those at a funeral, then you are better off using your resources in the homeland to protect your borders, harbors, etc. That way, they can just grow weary of trying to penetrate and maybe give up at some point. If we arent constantly in their face with tanks in front of their shrines, maybe they could even forget about us at some point.
We are currently doing the worst possible combination... we are fighting like pansies overseas, holding back, playing by their rules while simultaneously leaving our homeland vastly unprotected.
All our resources are tied up in a war on their turf where they use our morals against us. Its a complete joke and no wonder it drags on.
Personally, I believe there are better ways than fear to get what you need out of your enemies, but given the current circumstance, I think we need to sh*t or get off the pot.
You are so naive. The vast majority of the immigrants coming into our country are VERY POOR, who are a burden on our welfare system. The people coming here are practically all coming from 2nd and 3rd-world countries. They come here for economic purposes because their options in their homeland are very limited. Do you think Europeans are coming to America these days? I hear they are doing quite well right now while we are still losing jobs.
That 1 in 8 number only includes legal immigrants, it doesn't even mention the number of illegals, which could add between 12 and 20 million more to that number. Pushing it to about 1 in 5, or 20% of the population that could be foreign born. Statistically up to 40% of the current population could actually be foreign born or first generation American citizens. And people wonder why politically we can't close the floodgates of immigration.
And while this massive immigration has been going on, it has done nothing but fuel division in this country, and destroy wages.
I'm not at all naive. My wife was an alien from China. Before you paint a picture, she was from Hong Kong and her family is loaded and she was a US citizen long before I met her. I am somewhat familiar with where immigrants are coming from. A substantial number of my friends also happen to be European, Australian, and a surprising number of Kiwi, immigrants who are in no hurry to go home. I'm not talking about illegal criminals jumping the border. I'm talking about regular people with jobs or professions that prefer to be here because they can actually get ahead and keep some of their earnings after the tax man raids their paycheck. As one of my Brit kayaking buddies said, "In GB, we have everything Americans have, just less of it."
Hey Pamky any more stereotypes you want to throw in why you are at it?
What a joke. For what it is worth nobody and I mean nobody I have ever met has cared what any European has thought of them or the U.S.
Unless it's the repugs in here!
Any country says something remotely "bad" about Obama and the repugs are touting it all over the place, it REALLY means something to them.
THEN they hold other country's opinions in the highest regard.
Something "nice" about Obama and it's ""OH, who cares about anybody's opinion but ours!"""
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