Inkara1 said:Wrong Bush, Squig. The pages of people who Dubya might have had killed don't start until Page 10, not Page 2 as was linked to.
outside looking in said:Bush may have been acting on a personal agenda. I happen to agree with it, since I share it, and since I believe that agenda has at its root the long term security of this nation and the prospect of peace in general.
Gato_Solo said:Geez, osli. EVERYTHING we do as a nation affects our long-term security. Every tax, every police-action, every peace-keeping action, any loans, any supporting of other governments, etc ad nauseum. No matter what the US does, we are either branded war-mongers or apathetic. My personal view on the world is this...leave us alone, and we'll leave you alone. Unfortunately, that is not an option, either, and hasn't been since WWII...
freako104 said:you said it was the washington post that labeled us the worlds police didnt you gato? dont you think that has been the way since WWII that we really are living upto that name?
Gato_Solo said:Between WWI and WWII, the US was pretty much insular. We kept to ourselves, and didn't bother anybody. That's what I meant with my post. Not the post WWII police job.
Damned if you do & damned if you don't.
outside looking in said:Bush may have been acting on a personal agenda. I happen to agree with it, since I share it, and since I believe that agenda has at its root the long term security of this nation and the prospect of peace in general.
Hello? We were attacked by another sovereign nation?We became the worlds police when we sat on our hands & watched Hitler damned near overrun Europe. Even then, there were many who didn't want to get involved. How do you think the world would look today had we sat home & watched football?
Well put.Do you really think that the best interests of the american people as a whole are served by being seen as a bunch of lying war mongers by the rest of the world? That's frightening...
Aunty Em said:Do you really think that the best interests of the american people as a whole are served by being seen as a bunch of lying war mongers by the rest of the world? That's frightening...
chcr said:Hello? We were attacked by another sovereign nation?
Aunty Em said:others see you as the oppressors, there to steal and make a profit on what is rightfully theirs...