Yes the whole obcession America has with war is dispicable. I'm Canadian and when I went on a trip with a whole bunch of Americans all they could talk about is there army. If I said something about Canada they would mostly end up saying that atleast America's army was the best. I should hope so spending billions of dollars on it annually.
I always thought that collective security was the way to go. I would say that is roughly what Canada is doing. We help other countries, mostly opur army is used for humanitarian and peacekeeping/making missions. If anyone attacked us we probably wouldn't do that great by ourselves but think about the people who would back us up. Most likely every country on the UN Seceraty Counsel and others as well.
So yes you guys are obsessed with your military and that is probably bad. The other thing is that most likely this whole patriot act is designerd to give the government more power. Just like the whole war on terrorism is just to get that passed and other such things, and the terrorist attacks were probably just there to start the war. I would suggest watching this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-777269653 0684663669&q=9%2F11+loose+change.
After watching that tell me you don't have some doubts. The fact that they are hiding so much is unsettling. And even if the attacks were caused by Al Quaeda, what if they are just doing what the U.S. said? On the other hand they could just hate the U.S. and be extremists like most people believe. Even so they have all those weapons because you gave them to them during the Cold War. Back when Russia was occupying Iran I beieve.
If America was smart all of it's citizens would unite and demand an explanation, because I think the Government could shed alot of light on this that the don't want to. What happened to "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."(Abraham Licoln, The Gettysburg Address [1863])? As you may notice of the people, by the people, for the people. There doesn't seem to be alot of that happening.
They are a creation of the US, however not exaggerated. If those of you from the US recall the Cold War between you and Soviet Russia? Yeah, in that war you backed an organization that you know as Al-Qaeda while the Russians were occupying Afghanistan. This kept the war indirect, and no Americans were endangered. However you put other people in danger and now Al-Qaeda has taken the money and weapons you gave them and used them for terrorism which has made America directly involved completely destroying the original intent of that whole move. I would personally just say that while Bush isn't the greatest leader and could be the worst, it is America's policy of going to war to fix everything that is the problem. Just try a peaceful resolution every now and then.
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Yes the whole obcession America has with war is dispicable. I'm Canadian and when I went on a trip with a whole bunch of Americans all they could talk about is there army. If I said something about Canada they would mostly end up saying that atleast America's army was the best. I should hope so spending billions of dollars on it annually.
I always thought that collective security was the way to go. I would say that is roughly what Canada is doing. We help other countries, mostly opur army is used for humanitarian and peacekeeping/making missions. If anyone attacked us we probably wouldn't do that great by ourselves but think about the people who would back us up. Most likely every country on the UN Seceraty Counsel and others as well.
So yes you guys are obsessed with your military and that is probably bad. The other thing is that most likely this whole patriot act is designerd to give the government more power. Just like the whole war on terrorism is just to get that passed and other such things, and the terrorist attacks were probably just there to start the war. I would suggest watching this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-777269653 0684663669&q=9%2F11+loose+change.
After watching that tell me you don't have some doubts. The fact that they are hiding so much is unsettling. And even if the attacks were caused by Al Quaeda, what if they are just doing what the U.S. said? On the other hand they could just hate the U.S. and be extremists like most people believe. Even so they have all those weapons because you gave them to them during the Cold War. Back when Russia was occupying Iran I beieve.
If America was smart all of it's citizens would unite and demand an explanation, because I think the Government could shed alot of light on this that the don't want to. What happened to "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."(Abraham Licoln, The Gettysburg Address [1863])? As you may notice of the people, by the people, for the people. There doesn't seem to be alot of that happening.
They are a creation of the US, however not exaggerated. If those of you from the US recall the Cold War between you and Soviet Russia? Yeah, in that war you backed an organization that you know as Al-Qaeda while the Russians were occupying Afghanistan. This kept the war indirect, and no Americans were endangered. However you put other people in danger and now Al-Qaeda has taken the money and weapons you gave them and used them for terrorism which has made America directly involved completely destroying the original intent of that whole move. I would personally just say that while Bush isn't the greatest leader and could be the worst, it is America's policy of going to war to fix everything that is the problem. Just try a peaceful resolution every now and then.