crimson_grunt wrote:
fadedsteve wrote:
Honestly, we are doing things no differently than any of your nations have done in the past.
There's the problem right there. Your saying "you fucked things up this ways so many times In the past so stop lecturing us when we do it". We're trying to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again.
No. . . when I say we are doing things like you guys did, I meant sticking our noses into global politics. Its like you guys take offense to the fact that the USA is powerful, and seemingly does what it wants. We can do what we want, we earned that right after WWII(so did UK by the way, and Russia), and subsequent to that, our money backs us up as well!!
Our mistake thus far in Iraq (which I am sure you are going to allude to) is our lack of security of Baghdad since we took it in 03'. That has really been a problem, since foreign fighters and insurgents basically operate at will in the capital. Bush has taken alot of heat for the insurgency, and his inaction to secure Baghdad has hurt him immensely.
I am not saying we made a mistake in invading Iraq at all. . .Saddam was the last of the mass murdering dictators, and he deserved to be brought to justice. A democratic nation needs to exist there for their to be lasting meaningful peace in the future.
As far as colonialisation, we are not colonizing anyone. . . .Nor are we barbaric in any sense of the immagination. Europe is scared to stick its nose in anything anymore. They pussed out in Bosnia, they have pussed out in Iraq, they wont stand up to anyone(Iran/NK etc). We follow history just fine btw!! We realized that diplomacy in the Middle East has its limits. Lets put it this way, did we attack Afghanistan like the Soviets did?? No we did it our way, and beat the Taliban and al-Qaeda's ass there!! If we didnt learn from histories mistakes we would have gone in there with a huge coventional army.
All I am saying is that you guys talk tons of shit in general, not just about Iraq. Its like the USA is damned if we do, and damned if we dont with you people. Yet you still come here and want to be apart of our country, its just insane!!! Your checkered past doesnt constitute constant "we are better and more intellegent than you" banter, and "we hope you lose in Iraq" rhetoric.