St3v3M wrote:
Bruce with a Canon wrote:
...Muslim scum want the world to live under Sharia law.
As long as there is a free Amwrica, this will never be the case...
Before anyone even thinks to bash me for this Stop. I bleed America and cry at military funerals, but I have to ask - Don't you think they think the same about us? From their point of view aren't we the scum who want everyone to live under American law? It is not about we are right and they are wrong - it is about accepting and understanding one another for who we are - us and them. Will it ever happen? Sadly, no. God Bless All Mankind.
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Interesting that you say that.
I guess here in NZ we are fortunate in so many ways and while we militarily support many (if not all) US actions in overseas theatres, it does give us an interesting perspective on American attitudes.
Watching CNN and other News channels, its often difficult to distinguish between say Iraqi, Afghanni or US citizens and their attitude to each other.
There are fanatics in both cultures (some even here on UHH at times). Who's to say who is right and who is wrong.
I have to admit, at times, while I value much that the USA contributes to the world, I wonder if 'you' have the right to impose our form of democracy on those who neither want it or understand it.
Many cultures are far older and have survived far longer than the Western culture.
Of course armed intervention (and invasion) will be met with like force and it is perhaps understandable that people will hate those that bomb them and kill not just their military but ordinary people as well.
The role of world policeman that the US has adopted is surely needed and at times well respected.
However there are times, more and more, that I think USA motivation is driven by politics, industry, money and of course Oil.
As the World evolves, with technology etc so to are the less advanced countries deveoping, with communications being so good now.
It is better, at times, for the strong to lead by example, rather than force.