Man, you Aussies are easy to rile!
You asked for it, you got it, She Wolf puts on her war helmet (the pretty pink one) after removing her funny hat, momentarily.
Note: I will always use Sodom, not the true spelling of his name, as it was originally penned by the first President George Herbert Walker Bush, as suits the madman. No apologies there.
Okay, I can't quote everyone here, but I'll try to respond to some of the comments that require it. Some answers overlap, as I took them in the order the original statement was posted from you guys.
1. Spiffy, you post in Spawny's journal, so I understand you have a sense of humor. However, this topic really wasn't funny to any American.
2. That is correct - there were 67 countries in the WTC, unless that number changed from early November. This did affect the entire globe.
3. America is seen as an imperialistic country. That is pure bullshit. Actually, American citizens are the most altruistic (giving) people in the world. We give away billions of dollars every year in aid to damn near every country on this planet. My tax dollars are spent to help other countries to feed, clothe and enable their people to take care of themselves, and it is money well spent. We, as a nation, are grateful that we have been blessed with the abundance that we have and our desire to help others is overwhelming.
4. Our political system is pretty fucked-up - no doubt there. Frankly, if I could, I'd fire the whole lot of Congress and get some fresh blood in there. However, I voted for President Bush and his father, and would do so again, in a heartbeat. Can you imagine how Al Gore would have handled this situation? "Okay now, they didn't mean to hurt us, so we'll give them one more chance." It's because of Clinton and Gore that Bin Laden was able to do what he did. Gore was as much of an idiot as Clinton, whom he enabled to be the asshole he was. And, Spawn, I can't believe Neil actually put Clinton down as his most admired person - must have been for the Lewinskys. (Oooh, I could make this long, but I won't.)
5. So, someone crashed two planes into our most visible icons of economic freedom, tried to assasinate our president with another plane and wiped out a large part of our Pentagon with another. We have enough weapons to wipe out the entire Middle East and make it uninhabitable for a half a billion years. Yet, we choose to send in lesser weapons and ground troops into Afghanistan to avoid hurting innocent civilians there (and their neighbors) and we drop food so they won't starve to death. Seems like we've tried to be more humanitarian with those moves than Bin Laden was to us. (All on our dime, mind you.)
6. The wargame that Bush is playing right now is more a war of words. Sodom, as well as most of that region of the world, thinks that Americans are weak. Bush is trying to tell the asshole that WE ARE NOT WEAK, and we will do what is necessary to protect OUR world (U.S.) and other innocent countries, whilst he waves his middle finger at him. So, like, don't fuck with us because the next time we fight, it will be the last. Do you understand? It is truly "The Art of War."
7. I disagree with you Spawny on the approval rating statement. People here are fed up with the past 8 years of other countries walking all over America, while Clinton turned a blind eye (or should I say he was busy having fun in his pants). Remember, the WTC was bombed once before and also an American Embassy by Bin Laden (or so it is believed.) Clinton did nothing of significance. People want to show our muscle, and this is the most important part - SO MAYBE IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. It's the "fear us" mentality, so we can be left in peace to live our lives. He has an 80 (to 90) percent approval rating, that means people from all parties, races and religions have come together here - if they didn't like or believe in him, believe me, they wouldn't unite - American's can't shut up, regardless of whether it's wartime or not.
8. Hahaha, Jon Schaffer. Sorry, I couldn't help that one, even if it is true. And you were correct Spawn, to call me on that one.
9. Our political system is screwed up (did I already say that?) Weapons being sold to anyone outside this country is sick. But, the average American can't control that. And, that was Clinton for you. Obviously, there was no thought involved in that decision whatsoever.
10. The American government is the most immoral when it comes to world affairs and meddling with other countries? No, that was CLINTON's regime and, in my opinion, most of the Democratic party. Bush happens to have the respect of most people in this country because he isn't the same immoral man that Dickhead was. His family is big on morals. And, no one outside our country has the right to judge Americans, or we will start judging you. And, by the way, when you see a serious wrong in the world, do you turn away, even if those being wronged are begging for your help? Americans (as a culture) have big hearts - OFTEN, that is what's involved, not immorality. We would like the whole world to live in freedom - now is that so immoral? No, the correct word is naive.
11. Right now, attacking Bush IS attacking America, as his 80% approval rating states clearly. You're listening to too much propaganda - the "axis of evil" statement was perhaps too religion-based for most people. However, the message was directed to Sodom and NO ONE ELSE. It's too bad everyone is caught up in the 3 little words used and not the intent of the message, which is "you fuck with us, you die." And that's not imperialistic, it's survival.
12. Those "policemen of the world" and "center of the universe" statements sound like jealousy. If America or our allies are threatened, we will defend. It's not a matter of ego, it's a matter of the belief in right or wrong and survival. As I mentioned in #10, do you turn your back while other countries murder your friends? I would hope not!!
And No, I am not a naive American. My eyes are wide open to what this country does, and the foolish mistakes they make.
My intentions in this posting are not to solve anything, as that can't be done in this forum. It is simply to give you one American's perspective.
That said, I will also put back on my funny hat.
Thank you Spawny for reminding me of that.
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