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In reply to the discussion: Biggest Threat to World Peace: The United States [View all]bobclark86
(1,415 posts)than the next 20 countries combined -- oh, and we are peaceful with all of them. We are CONSTANTLY bombing people almost every day in small backwaters in the name of "war on terror."
"Hey! Let's invade Afghanistan! Sure, nobody has ever successfully invaded it before, but let's give it a try ourselves!"
"Hey! Let's invade Iraq! Sure, my daddy didn't finish the job last time, so now it's MY turn!"
"Hey! Let's bomb Libya!"
"Hey! Let's bomb Syria!"
Fortunately, enough people said no to that last one. I've buried too many kids from my generation after they went to Iraq and Afghanistan (Poor rural areas are disproportionally joining the military, so I knew several kids killed overseas in my lifetime).
You blame the rest of the world for thinking poorly of us when we invade, burn, bomb and murder hundreds of thousands of people?
The chest-beating, flag-waving "Put a boot in yer ass, it's the Amurican Way!" stuff is tiresome, and it has been for more than 10 years now.