I agree with that last statement Phil. When the hell does a country like neutral Belgium have the right to call us idoits? Um....I guess they do because they are more rightous than us. Oh wait, wasn't it you guys who were raped by Germany during WWII and wasn't us EVIL Americans who pulled your fat out of the fire. You know, that's another thing I don't get. We help som many countries around the world and we get treated like shit. I would give up by now if I were in charge.

As for this America is always right crap, um, yea, we are, because we are the biggest, baddest, kid on the block and you better give us your cooperation or we'll knock you on your ass. Is that a fair enough responce Ass?

These few mindless automatons are who I believe is responsible for the image most of the rest of the world has of us.  However, I also blame those who hear the opinions of these people and believe that the majority of U.S. citizens feel their country can do whatever they want.


Contrary to what you apparently believe, and what Daman would have you believe, we do not go around stomping on every country who disagrees with us.  If this were the case, then why have we not attacked France, Germany, Russia, and China?  Oh yeah.  Because they have done nothing to harm us.  We respect their opinions, but in this case, we felt that their opinion of us was not as important as the threat Saddam's regime posed to us.  We are not terrorists.  Terrorists strike with cowardice, killing innocent civilians, and then go back into hiding.  When we strike, we strike hard and fast, hitting our intended target while trying to avoid civilian casualties, and try to take the opinions of other nations into consideration before we do it.

yes the U.S. uses coercion sometimes, and i generally disagree with that tactic.  but calling us terrorists is horseshit.  how many french citizens wake up every day wondering if we are going to blow them up?  or chinese citizens?  laotian?  chilean?  hmmm... didn't think so.  therefore i fail to see how your dictionary definitions apply to us.  i'm sure you're going to point to #4 in the "terror" entry, so i'm going to beat you to the punch.

we are not attempting to use terror to coerce the iraqi government to do anything.  they did not comply with international law, and we are being the enforcer in this case.  because saddam has repeatedly openly defied the U.N., we have decided that he is a threat to the free world, and will be removed.  perhaps it is not our place to be the enforcers, but if not, then who?  i didn't see the U.N. taking any action...  once saddam's regime is removed from power, the sovereign nation of iraq will be neutral with the U.S., and possibly even an ally.  yes we will have influence in helping to set up their initial government after saddam is removed from power, but let's face it: they aren't going to be able to set up their own government themselves.

Heh, if I truely believed that bit of sarcasm I would be a fool.....
Understand something, we are not justified in any killing, necessary or not. It is, however, justified that we protect ourselves. We are the only superpower, true, and we have the responsibilty to protect the world from such evil and tyranny such as Saddam's Regime. We will not take an attack on our soil sitting down. We will not let appeasment take place (we all remember Chamberlain, yes?). It is ridiculous to think that we don't need to fight this. It just is. A cold, if not treated can kill you. Saddam is a sickness in the world and must be dealt with. Period. This whole protest thing is just another excuse for people to be hippies again. It is simply not necessary. Hippies had their place in the unjustified war of Vietnam, not in this era.

Let me add this also, America is and was always far from perfect. We were imperialists, racists, isolationalists, everything not good at one point in our history. So no, we are not self-righteous. I believe you have been influenced by a hell of a lot of proganda where ever you live ASSMITE.

BTW Phil, I wrote that first post so ASSIMITE may squirm. It is far from what I truely believe.

that may be the case, but i wish you wouldn't post it, all it does is give the super-left-wingers out there more ammunition.

not that i'm against liberalism, or conservatism (i think that's a word).  but extremes on either end of the scale are a bad thing, and those who are on one of the extremes have generally lost touch with reality...

Not my idea of humor... But ironic none the less  

here's something I find funny and actually goes along with the current theme =)

actually phil  hitler did say what he wanted to do just that not many bothered to read mein kampf and take it seriously

Here's a general question to everyone posting here:

Where are your sources of info backing up your statements of facts?

I'd like to see some kind of documentation backing what some of you guys are saying. Just a request so that I can study the same material and see if I come up with the same conclusions =]
 - Tekhead

If you're talking about those last two links I posted, they're nothing more than sattire... In fact, I believe it says that at the bottom of the pages