01-27-2005, 09:48 AM
UberGrossMann Wrote:ok so if we're seen as the world's policeman, then why did we go in with no support? As you said we're seen as tyrants and idiots, maybe because it was the wrong thing to police! And we were the idiots because the rest of the world could see it but bush in all his idiocy can't figure out what's a threat and what isn't. I'm suprised he hasn't tried to outlaw pretzels.Oy vey, *shakes head* Calling a country like the U.S. a tyrant....(what ever happened to Pakistan, South Africa, North Korea, the Sudan, Vietnam, China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt,...takes a huge breath....) We give more money in aid to every country in the world then any other country can ever imagine to make. We give more money to AIDS, Malaria, and Cancer research then any other nation. We liberated Afghanistan. I want you all to read about the current state of democracy in Afghanistan. Then go and do a search for me. Life under the Taliban vs. Life Under Democracy. Now I want you to do the same for Iraq. "Life under Saddam vs. Life Under Democracy." Now if you go and tell me life was better under the previous regimes, not only are you blatantly lying, but you would also be ignoring every fact thrown at you. In psychology there is something known as the "Confirmation Bias". It simply means that instead of doing what I asked of you, you will probably look for something that confirms your opinion. But for once I want you to read up on what the "opposition" has to say. I read both sides of the story. And right now to tell me that the U.S. is a tyrant for the way we are treating Iraq and Afghanistan is just sheer insanity. Better yet, ludicrous! Bu