Unfortunately I'm American. I don't believe in what my country is doing in the rest of the world and at home. It is shameful.
I am not unpatriotic. I believe in what this country is supposed to stand for, and not what it has become. I will make no bones about it - America has become a country of ignorant, hypocritical, blood thirsty, morons.
The rest of the world sees us this way as well, and because we are ignorant, we don't know this. We honestly think we are saving the world from itself and instilling democracy in countries that "needed" our help.
Our government is simply lining it's own pockets at the expense of it's people, as well as now the rest of the world. I am not entirely sure which is worse - the fact that most americans are both ignorant and apathetic, or that the government is taking advantage of this sorry state at every chance they get.
To tell you the truth, I'm with the Aussie on this issue. Unlike most Americans, I get a chance every day to see our country through the eyes of the rest of the world. It's called international news outlets. Not Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC... real news. BBS World News, etc. American news is dumbed down for the ignorant americans who only want to know what kinds of clothes are in fashion this year...
What Americans need to know, and they are too ignorant to care, is that their country has broken International Law, as well as Their Own National Laws in the process of this war on terror. Let alone the Non Proliferation treaty. Christ... 15,000 + nukes, and we bitch about other countries with the same weapons or developing such weapons?
That's why we aren't doing anything to North Korea... because we're cowards. We went into and took over an entire country under the premise that they had Weapons of Mass Destruction, knowing full well they didn't. But when a country actually comes out and says they have long range nukes and are willing to use them against us... we're suddenly willing to "negotiate".
We went into Afghanistan looking for terrorists, insisting that it had nothing to do with oil... and yet *every* base we set up in afghanistan just *happens* to be along the oil pipeline, with only one new base on the *shipping port*.
My god... we waged pre-emptive war on another country under false premises! This is in *direct* violation of the very same international law used to try and convict the NAZIS.
And renewable energy sources? Not if the american government has anything to do with it. A guy in the states recently invented a new electrolysis device that uses milliamps to create a high output of hydrogen and oxygen from water to use as a fuel in a combustion engine.
Too bad the guy was poisoned.
This is a sad world we live in... and I am no longer proud to be an american. We have lost most of the
things that made us who we are. And we are more than happy, it seems, to hand over the rest in the name of "freedom".
We are holding "suspects" in a cuban concentration camp indefinitely, and without charges, and without any chance of a fair trial. How in the bloody hell is this humanly right? America has turned into the Nazis... plain and simple. Launched a crusade against an invisible enemy, started a war without end.
I am not un-patriotic. If anything, I still believe in what this country is supposed to be and what it was supposed to represent. I believe in the original America, the one the world may or not have believed in at one time as well. I'm only sorry that what I write here will have absolutely no effect on the average American citizen. That those who will read this will not be in any position to make a difference. Or that the average american will see this and cry foul.
We're ignorant. And this is our downfall.
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Unfortunately I'm American. I don't believe in what my country is doing in the rest of the world and at home. It is shameful. I am not unpatriotic. I believe in what this country is supposed to stand for, and not what it has become. I will make no bones about it - America has become a country of ignorant, hypocritical, blood thirsty, morons. The rest of the world sees us this way as well, and because we are ignorant, we don't know this. We honestly think we are saving the world from itself and instilling democracy in countries that "needed" our help. Our government is simply lining it's own pockets at the expense of it's people, as well as now the rest of the world. I am not entirely sure which is worse - the fact that most americans are both ignorant and apathetic, or that the government is taking advantage of this sorry state at every chance they get. To tell you the truth, I'm with the Aussie on this issue. Unlike most Americans, I get a chance every day to see our country through the eyes of the rest of the world. It's called international news outlets. Not Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC... real news. BBS World News, etc. American news is dumbed down for the ignorant americans who only want to know what kinds of clothes are in fashion this year... What Americans need to know, and they are too ignorant to care, is that their country has broken International Law, as well as Their Own National Laws in the process of this war on terror. Let alone the Non Proliferation treaty. Christ... 15,000 + nukes, and we bitch about other countries with the same weapons or developing such weapons? That's why we aren't doing anything to North Korea... because we're cowards. We went into and took over an entire country under the premise that they had Weapons of Mass Destruction, knowing full well they didn't. But when a country actually comes out and says they have long range nukes and are willing to use them against us... we're suddenly willing to "negotiate". We went into Afghanistan looking for terrorists, insisting that it had nothing to do with oil... and yet *every* base we set up in afghanistan just *happens* to be along the oil pipeline, with only one new base on the *shipping port*. My god... we waged pre-emptive war on another country under false premises! This is in *direct* violation of the very same international law used to try and convict the NAZIS. And renewable energy sources? Not if the american government has anything to do with it. A guy in the states recently invented a new electrolysis device that uses milliamps to create a high output of hydrogen and oxygen from water to use as a fuel in a combustion engine. Too bad the guy was poisoned. This is a sad world we live in... and I am no longer proud to be an american. We have lost most of the things that made us who we are. And we are more than happy, it seems, to hand over the rest in the name of "freedom". We are holding "suspects" in a cuban concentration camp indefinitely, and without charges, and without any chance of a fair trial. How in the bloody hell is this humanly right? America has turned into the Nazis... plain and simple. Launched a crusade against an invisible enemy, started a war without end. I am not un-patriotic. If anything, I still believe in what this country is supposed to be and what it was supposed to represent. I believe in the original America, the one the world may or not have believed in at one time as well. I'm only sorry that what I write here will have absolutely no effect on the average American citizen. That those who will read this will not be in any position to make a difference. Or that the average american will see this and cry foul. We're ignorant. And this is our downfall.