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Originally Posted by Luke
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Afganistan and UAE are already full or half American colonies, not to mention Israel. You can argue about Turkey and Jordan. Now, America is expanding to Iran.  |
I would doubt very much that anyone hates the American people. I certainly don't. The US ruling elite and the politicians who do their dirty work are another thing!
Of course, there are other countries involved in dirty tricks around the world, Australia is certainly one of them. However, as we are tied to our alliance with the US, mostly, we don't have a choice.
It isn't who 'hates' the US, it is the use by the US ruling elite in nominating an 'enemy du jour' that gets my back up. I am speaking out on the foreign policies of the US on this forum because they are wrong! Then I get embroiled in the absolute piffle proclaimed by the uber-patriots that 'their' country is the greatest the world has ever seen. This, also, is very annoying as I can see that this is NOT correct. There is much that the US can learn from other countries in the world. Compassion and assistance for the less well-off is something in which the US is very backward in comparison with most other first world countries.
The 'we won the war for YOU' is another contentious point. What do you think my father was doing in the Pacific?
Oh! bugger it, I'm sick of explaining my position to the brain-dead on this forum. To those of you can't take well-earned criticism of your society and government, please, put me on ignore! I'm here to have discourse with open-minded adults not whiney children!
Getting back to the thread topic. America proclaims itself the greatest democracy and purveyor of freedom in the world, and yet it hasn't been beneath several administrations to get down down in the mud with those who would deny all of us those two rights.
It happened, admit it, promise to do better. Get rid of those spongers on the world who steal elections in their own country and rig elections in others!