Originally posted by KharmaDog
Aside from these acts of stupidity putting american soldiers at risk, they also put america under scrutiny from both allied, neutral and enemy states. Soldiers are your representatives. Their behaviour is a direct reflection on their country.
true, they make all americans look like stupid sheep, and all our soldiers look like mindless hateful thugs.
Originally posted by KharmaDog
These actions also put your civilian population at risk from another terrorist attack as these acts give them purpose.
not to mention that their chief supply of funding (saudis) are still protected and left unchecked thanks to our addiction to oil. our government cozies up to the very people responsible for funding the most catastrophic attack on american soil, and quite probably the next. which makes every act of war on our part completely useless. all it takes is a handful of well trained terrorists and the funds to back them, not tyranny in some irrelevant country which just *happens* to hold the second largest oil reserve on the planet. Freedom© is not even an issue, more a distraction.
Originally posted by KharmaDog
Finally these acts of galactic stupidity also reinforce all the negative feelings and judgements against the U.S. right now that is being cultivated worldwide by the acts of your current administration. Other countries may do just as bad if not worse, but they do not claim to be the lights of democracy or beyond reproach.
exactly. our government claims the moral high ground and that we should set an example for all. but then, in cases like this, the holy lovers of Freedom© forsake the teachings of jesus and adopt the policy of their enemy. "eye for an eye". funny how morals are altered to fit the situation, huh?
we go from "we are the keepers of peace and stability, and will not stoop to your level" to "WELL THEY DID IT FIRST!!!! SO WE DID IT RIGHT BACK!!!"
i truly wish our policy was so squeaky clean that other nations could only admire our resolve and follow to make the world more stable. then the line between 'good' and 'evil' might be solid and genuine, and if there were ever a true need for war, there would be no debate, only a resounding "lets get this over with". after all, we ARE a superpower, and right or wrong, that is a reality.
why cant such power be a blessing though? why can't our government actually practice leadership by example? why cant they actually stay clean, be happy with the billions they already stole from their own citizens and the world and alter their policy to benefit the world they claim to be protecting and liberating?
answer: absolute power corrupts absolutely