| Tyrannical said: Spanish / American war should have been the last one the US was involved in. We had no business getting involved in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. We should have just sat peacefully in our country, and let the rest of the world fall apart. |
Err... if I remember rightly, weren't you guys attacked at Pearl Harbour, and that's what dragged you into the conflict? The others I agree with.
OT: In many ways the US is acting very much like the British Empire did during its prime, arrogant and sticking its nose into situations where it doesn't belong. I also find the overly religious areas and overly religious people of the US to be highly distrubing. When people are that heavily religious then they are that much easier to manipulate and it shows in numerous American media. Combine this with how patriotic people in the US can be and you have a significant proportion of the population ready to just jump to politicians wishes, which for a nation as powerful as the US is a scary prospect for the rest of the world. I haven't even mentioned the corporate media of America, I thought the British media was bad but I think the US is worse in terms of sensationalising stories and bending the truth/outright lying (in the case of FOX at least :P)
And yes, the US does end up in wars, and usually it just makes situations worse and there are ulterior motives for these conflicts, usually money and business. Also, the Vietnam war is mentioned, but the US was also in Cambodia but pulled out and just left the Cambodian people to a 4 year reign of torture and terror, yet on so many occasions the US politicians take the moral high ground, and conveniently forget about the millions of people around the world that have been tortured and put to death due to US medling.
Btw, a lot of the Americans I've met are really nice people and I get one with very well, but the countries global policies over the years have been... suspect to put it nicely.
As I mentioned, a lot of the US attitude in the global political landscape is reminiscent of how the British and other European powers carried themselves in the past. I sometimes feel that we recognise these aspects from our past and in hindsight its a little more disturbing, especially with the tech now available.
