So...when it comes to "americans" we will go into a useless war we don't even need. but when it's a poor and corrupt country we can't even be bothered to help. not unless it's an american ally or a potential gold mine for the US. Nice double standard we have here in this supposed great nation. -_-
Not that i'd advocate for war either way. we've had enough for a lifetime. we should focus on fixing our shit problems in the US before we start "liberating" countries.
... I don't see what's so wrong with this. Why is that our responsibility, exactly? Why would we want to aid countries who aren't our allies?
I'm sure you'll spend a truckload of time and money on the next random homeless person you see driving down the road. In an ideal world you might, perhaps, but that's just now how the world works. You want our help, you gotta be in our circle. The exceptions we make to this should be considered generous, the world isn't entitled to our aid.
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Last edited by NewGuy01 on Aug 21st, 2014 at 02:21 AM
not at all what i mean't and btw, Neither are our allies
Read the rest of it you derp.
Allies or not, i don't think we should interfere in fights that aren't ours to fight. america's not the chief of police of the world, it needs to recognize that, fix it's shit and its corrupted system/politics and then it can go try to fix other countries' problems.
EDIT. Also nice to see, you don't have a problem going to war just because an "american" died, because you know the lives of others don't matter unless they're part of our "circle" nice, real nice.
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But what about the raging war-ons? We'll never get them to go down unless we penetrate enemy territory and blast them full of our guys.
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You help your allies, and they help you. Kinda how being allies works.
Whether or not they matter is not the question. Whether or not it's our responsibility to help them is. Obviously we're going to help our friends, and it's fine and dandy when we help someone who's not--But it's not our job, and it shouldn't be expected of us.
Again, I'm sure you'd try to help a friend of yours if he was in need, but I'm also positive you aren't going out and helping every random person you come across with their problems. You don't have the time or resources to afford that. If you help someone, that's really nice, but no one expects it of you and blames you if you don't. Why should the USA any different?
Last edited by NewGuy01 on Aug 21st, 2014 at 03:10 AM
Because the USA is a country of hundreds of millions of people, it's not a group of buddies. National policy dictated by politicians on sending soldiers to attack, kill, and be killed is not something that should be decided on an emotional outrage. A fellow citizen was murdered by scumbags and you're upset. Being upset is exactly the wrong time to make decisions of such a huge undertaking.
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Which is exactly what FX is saying. Why are you arguing him?
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No, he wasn't. He was calling out the double standard of calling for an all-out war when literally one American is murdered, and doing absolutely nothing for the millions who suffer and die under the regimes of the corrupt and cruel. A war for one, indifference for the millions. The only thing that one has that the millions don't is American citizenship. He was calling out the narrow-minded, nationalist irrationality of such a mentality.
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Where's the double standard? We went into Kosovo. We've fought wars we "don't need". What are you talking about lol?
No, we're upset because thousands of Christians are being beheaded. This is just the icing on the cake. We'll just agree to disagree whether it's our job or not.
And there is no double standard.
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