To: Gav
From: Risky
GAV:
the uk....need i say anything? the UKand its big brother the USA are the
bullies of the world. whether by military means (eg panama, el salvador,
iraq, vietnam, afghanistan, yugoslavia...), through the CIA (eg iran, chile,
indonesia), or through economic forms of cultural genocide (eg NAFTA,
globalisation) the USA, faithfully supported by its lapdog the UK, makes
Hitler's Germany look philanthropic.
RISKY:
Could I offer that the world might have been a lot worse place as an
extension of Stalinist totalitarianism if it wasn't for these two bullies? If
I am not mistaken the US just withdrew from Panama... donating a
wonder-of-engineering canal in the process. England just withdrew from Hong
Kong. El Salvador and Vietnam were regretable and educational mistakes in
opposition to that peaceful bastion of non-imperialism the Soviet Union.
Iraq involved a multilateral defense of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait... remember?
In Afghanistan, we supported them in their struggles against a Soviet
invasion and were the largest contributer of aid to the Taliban until they
allowed state-sponsored terrorists to kill thousands of our citizens and then
refused to bring them to justice. Remember? In Bosnia, we led the timid NATO
defense of a Moslem people being eliminated via genocide... remember? I am
not aware of any current US occupation of Iran, Chile or Indonesia.
Furthermore, I believe the worst thing we can do to poor nations is prohibit
them from enjoying the fruits of free trade.
If fighting communist world domination and retaliating against immoral
aggression makes the US equivalent to Nazi's, then I am at a loss for words.
There is a context to these struggles. Do you really think the world would
have been better if we allowed the Bosnians and Iraqies and Soviets and
Chinese to conquor it?
The US has made mistakes and did go too far imo in fighting communism and
propping up puppet dictatorships. I believe that we should and have learned
from those mistakes. I know of no disinformation on any of these topics, but
I appreciate clarification if I am mistaken on any of my responses.
The world isn't black and white. The US isn't a genocidal bully, nor is it a
saint and above criticism. Let's approach issues with balance and
appropriate regard to context and alternative risks of inaction.
Risky
PS -- I am an avowed semi-libertarian moderate. However, I am way right of
you!,
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