On September 11th, 1973, the United States secretly outed the democratically elected Chilean president Salvador Allende and replaces him with the militaristic dictator Augusto Pinochet. Over the 17 years of his rule, thousands of Chilean activists and opposition members had been reported missing or killed under suspicious circumstances.
Anyone over the age of 25 can easily guess that America has killed way more people (and screwed way more government) than the minority brown guy that "supposedly" has a bomb strapped to its chest.
Anyone over the age of 5 can easily guess that America is 250 years old, while 'that guy' is 20.
I can screw more governments and destroy more lives than America if I felt like it. So can you.
Believe it or not, in easy comparison to our enemies, we are one of the best groups of people you'd ever want to be with. We have a lower chance of killing you than their own side does. Sad really.
ChristianPatriot, you can do better. This is pretty bad attempt at trolling. This might actually prompt completely legitimate discussion -.-
I can screw more governments and destroy more lives than America if I felt like it. So can you.
Bull. _______________________________________________________ And your looking at a world from a Rich man's view. If you are Iraq, Turkey, Or Iran, just look at the water crisis. I might politically hate America, even have a bomb towards it, and even though America is killing countless 'terrorists' (14 Year old kids were in Guantanamo?) -- People need water. America's got everything it needs to begin with, just needs to drop a bomb. In the middle east, people have and will continue to fight over Oil. In Africa, People will and continue to fight over leadership and resources, they don't have many. Its not about sides killing each other, its primarily who kills who for what. I personally see America as the bigger bad guy. They make the laws in the world, but who are they? Not saying I hate my country -- I'm just trying to prove that America does not have a celestial halo the size of texas floating above it.
To even ENSURE that -- Take a look at the world, America's Defense budget outspends them... Combined. Now, Either we are continuously buying new arms and we are using them somewhere (thus the need to restock) or we just suck at spending money. I'd say its a mix of both.
As old as America is, Give any country 250 Years of Power and they won't be that bad. We hand out 50% of the world's food aid, sure. We also
Wanna bet? I could run to Russia and buy some Cold War relics, and destroy the entire US Senate in one fell swoop. It's not as hard as it sounds. Tactical nukes aren't all that hard to come by. You can get one for about 50,000 USDs.
I'm just trying to prove that America does not have a celestial halo the size of texas floating above it.
No, we have a celestial halo the size of America above us :P
They make the laws in the world, but who are they?
They = You and me. You and me = America. America = Freedom. Freedom = Your ability to say what you just said.
ust look at the water crisis
Water crisis? Care enlightening me? I don't remember most patheic 'crisis's' longer than a day.
I personally see America as the bigger bad guy.
I personally see America as the guy that will give you everything to the ends of the Earth and beyond, until you betray us. Then we destroy you. We would give billions of dollars to people who ask, but we wouldn't spend a dime to fix a destroyed interstate withing our own country.
Take a look at the world, America's Defense budget outspends them... Combined.
Well, I wouldn't say that. China has double our military spending. Everyone else is to hyperliberal* to consider self defense or war. It's why many of those countries get attacked every other day. They don't have the wherewithal to destroy their enemies.
*As in to concerned with itself and others, not political ideologue.
Now, Either we are continuously buying new arms and we are using them somewhere (thus the need to restock) or we just suck at spending money.
Bullets cost money. Training costs money. Tracking down drug smugglers costs money. Buying boats costs money. Refueling jets costs money. Enriching uranium costs money. R&D costs money.
Right there you have 75% of our defense and war budget.
As old as America is, Give any country 250 Years of Power and they won't be that bad.
What's bad? Give Germany 300,000,000 people, $250,000,000,000 dollars to spend on general defense, and make them obsessed with freedom and you have the next America.
Wanna bet? I could run to Russia and buy some Cold War relics, and destroy the entire US Senate in one fell swoop. It's not as hard as it sounds. Tactical nukes aren't all that hard to come by. You can get one for about 50,000 USDs.
Wanna bet? I could run to Russia and buy some Cold War relics, and destroy the entire US Senate in one fell swoop. It's not as hard as it sounds. Tactical nukes aren't all that hard to come by. You can get one for about 50,000 USDs.
*facepalm*
Lol...If what you say is true, I should be living on a pile of radioactive scrap.
[quote]They = You and me. You and me = America. America = Freedom. Freedom = Your ability to say what you just said.
Define "Freedom" -- I am free to do what I want, So if I am free and I am Pres. Of the USA I am *Free* to tell the next guy that screws with me that I'm going to Bomb the S*** out of their country alright. Glad to see I live in heaps of freedom.
China has double our military spending
Facepalm #2, Find a Graph/Article/Something that proves that.
[/quote]It's why many of those countries get attacked every other day. They don't have the wherewithal to destroy their enemies.
?!?. Self Defense = Killing them before they hit us? IE: More Freedom? I have the freedom to want stuff and make sure you can't take it from me -- DIE. Beautiful.
Or is Self Defense keeping an active military incase someone screws the other over? I'm pro-war, I hate it when someone says "no armee!!". It doesn't make sense, we leave
our wealth undefended? Of course not. But to take our right of freedom that for some crazy reason breaks through the boundaries of space and time and throw it into a way to control the world is not only wrong, but only magnifies my point.
By the way, I'm sitting here wondering what the other 25% of our military budget is.
And finally, obessing anyone over freedom would just make them ask for rights. Giving anyone stuff would depend on what they do with it. America uses their stuff not as nicely as they should, in my opinion.
Lol...If what you say is true, I should be living on a pile of radioactive scrap.
Meh. I was exagerating how easy it is to get one.
Of course, it's not that easy. There's all the BS in the middle. You could get a small one for about 500,000 though. Not to many to be found the the mafia would be willing to sell. Or the government itself. It takes a while for the transaction.
I remember a story where some smugglers were going to be sold an old Russian nuclear sub for about 50 million. That's about 1/3 price. Of course, the DEA caught them before they made the transaction. Their contacts were less than happy.
Bah. I'm tired. Leave me alone.
I'll come up with some arguments tomorrow. I had a long day. I'm not up to par.
LEAVE ME ALONE! XD
But really. Let me get done with going to some museums tomorrow, and I'll go ahead and squirm in-between your arguments and destroy them. I'm off for about *looks at watch* 18 hours.
Give Germany 300,000,000 people, $250,000,000,000 dollars to spend on general defense, and make them obsessed with freedom and you have the next America.
we really dont need that stuff. and we really like our freedom. thats why you never get laws similar to the patriot act through here. because they did take a lot of your freedoms away.
Anyone over the age of 25 can easily guess that America has killed way more people (and screwed way more government) than the minority brown guy that "supposedly" has a bomb strapped to its chest.
Arw.
I guessed that two years ago, when I was 10 years old . . . .
D:
I've always felt indifferent towards living in America - priding ourselves on living on a certain mass of land is stupid and leads to fervent nationalism - and the detriment of fervent nationalism is not something I have to explain.
