Weapons of Mass Destruction

You were told things from a perspective. It wasn't in plain simple truth.

The link you provided...what did you immediately get out of it? "We felt threatened". Ok, yes we did. There however is more to the story if you'd bother to ask...why did we feel threatened? the answer was a few words away
by the continued expansionist policy of the Soviet Union
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We weren't the ones overthrowing countries to expand our society.
 
which i didnt get. I had thought it was countries deciding communism works or making the decision to.had they been forced I would have thought differently.
 
then I take it back we had a right to be worried. I had thought they made the decision on their own.
 
This is but one example...go reading...we aren't usually the bad guys.
 
Gonz said:
You were told things from a perspective. It wasn't in plain simple truth.

The link you provided...what did you immediately get out of it? "We felt threatened". Ok, yes we did. There however is more to the story if you'd bother to ask...why did we feel threatened? the answer was a few words away

We weren't the ones overthrowing countries to expand our society.
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just curious tho were there govts we did to expand our trade?
 
no, we've not overthrown governments to expand our trade partners. we allow the mighty buck to speak instead of the mighty rifle. Not one single country is now nor has ever been forced to trade with the United States.
 
more i didnt know or was taught wrong I guess. I had thought we helped rebels in South America for a while I think it was the 80s. maybe earlier.
 
Helped rebels...you're talking about the Sandanista thing & that is pure unadultereated politcs.

We supported a group who opposed turning Nicaragua into a communist country (the group was not their government).

It has nothing to do with trade.
 
I didnt even know about that one. the one I was thinking happened in South America I think it was Venezuela or Peru and neither the govt nor the rebels liked us there.
 
freako104 said:
ever heard the phrase:

If we dont learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.

and I love to learn anyway. ;)
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We still repeat it...didn't you see the part about us supporting the sandanistas and then the contras who opposed them..:tardbang: Its a game we love to play...
 
honestly I didnt. as I said to Gonz I didnt even know about that war before today. But it is politics and it is a game that we have played. it is how we got our power isnt it? I agree we do play that game. actually I think i see the game in areas where I am more aware such as Hussein(didnt we put him in power?) Osama(didnt he get weapons from us) and did we arm both India and Palestine? I wasnt sure on that part
 
We got our power by using a better type of government & economic policy to improve our lot. As that happened we were able to assist other nations. Like a snowball rolling downhill, it built & built until we are both the cavalry, riding over the horizon to save the honorable nobleman as well as the thorn - a reminder to those less fortunate that they haven't moved as far as they wished and we're an easy target.
 
so because our govt and economy grew so did our power. that makes the most sense. I had always thought it was because the games as Joe adn I called it where we did play both sides to get both sides to support us. the growing economy and govt would be a better way to make the power.
 
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