I tell you what will happen to a country that sticks it's nose into every pot there is: rather than subdueing countries and cultures you will unit the whole Arab world against you and they will unleash a jihad that no amount of nuclear arsenal or other measure will be able to do anything against. Your nation is setting itself up for another terrorist attack on American soil that will relegate Sept 11 to a mere firework. Nobody wants to be gamed and controlled yet this is the strategy the US has been applying for decades in the Middle East in its quest for secure oil passage. (Will I now be on the black list because I said it? I would love to continue to spend parts of my annual holidays in California to benefit the local economies there. )
Okay, let me explain why I think you're getting flak for these anti-US comments. It's because the way you're coming off sends the message that Americans here defend these govt practices and actually agree with them. Guess what? I agree with your comments above about the manipulation of the Middle East leading to a lot of problems and disagree with the American policies *and* I am an American. Many other Americans here and not here also disagree with US foreign policy. As another poster stated, the US Government != Americans. Sure, we partially elect people (who then appoint others we cannot control). We do not directly set military and foreign policy, you know all of this. So when you say "unit the whole Arab world against you", save the you and just use the country. The delivery is all wrong for getting the point across without alienating the reader.
This is worry me most when I see most of the ET in this board say the Greek problem will fix, when herds say the issue will be fixed, the reality is ..
Fair points but I did make that distinction a couple times. Having different opinions is one thing but disrespecting one's own government and denouncing the president to be one's head of state is entirely different. One is a healthy discourse and expressing differences. The other is a gross disrespect if not outright hatred for democracy. This is exactly how the world defines double standards. On one hand the US is out there promoting "democracy" while it's own citizens are more divided than ever but more importantly while it's citizens have lost all respect for democracy. I believe sometimes when you honor freedom of speech too much and give too much credibility to personal freedom of expression you end up with a lot of garbage and crap. That is what is going on in the US right now. Everyone feels entitled and called to express their sometimes outright bizarre views on life and it renders a country numbed because there is no more clear direction.
The problem in the US is that even in a country that was apparently founded on power of the people, democracy, and all that - the truth is the people have very little power. The country is both owned and sold out - it's actually quite sad. It's obviously not a horrible place to live and Americans themselves are not bad people - but there are some serious issues here. Money, inequality, and lack of real productivity are some of the major issues slowly doing is in and if we keep going down this road there might not be an opportunity to reverse it.
Regional wars? At least 5 countries are involved now through ISIS - which was founded after US invasion into Middle East and the weapons they use are the ones American military left behind in Iraq. I wouldn't call it a "regional war". If that is a regional war then so are the world wars as they mostly involved Europe. Japan's actions are its own and can't be blamed on Germany. Also, the first world war was started by Serbs and not Germans. It's perfectly understandable how most Americans have a very "flowery" view of the actions of the American empire but it's worth pointing out that it's not factual. Similarly, most people in nazi Germany didn't consider their country to be particularly violent or oppressive. I'd also like to talk about Greece but if you read where this started, people started talking about Germany and the discussion became off-topic. Nobody seemed to mind when "shit-talking" Germany took place but you objected when it was about US. Blaming Germany is a popular past-time in UK and US but people should remember that Germany is only one of the financiers and it has the backing of over 20 European countries. I don't see anyone blaming Finns or Latvians although they have an equally tough stance toward Greek fuck-ups, it's always "Germany this and Germany that".
Oh... Wow.... Ah..ha ha..had me for a moment there germany I thought you were going to "do something"
While I agree with most of your arguments, this one is utter horseshit. Dioxins have been proven to cause birth defects and very high levels of dioxin were found in the soil at US bases and in the breast milk of women in the surrounding areas. Of course US would never admit to this no matter how many facts you present as that would give way to a lawsuit and the victims would rightfully demand compensation.