Why do they never get it?
Kissinger.
Nixon.
Reagan.
McCarthy.
Cheney.
Bush Sr.
W. Bush.
McNamara.
Rumsfeld.
Powell.
I don't get it. Seriously, can someone explain it to me? I thought we were supposed to learn from our mistakes? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that something we get taught as children? Apparently not in America.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Chile.
East Timor.
Guatemala.
Iraq.
Kuwait.
Iran.
Cambodia.
Indonesia.
When did the most isolanist state in the world become the one that doesn't know how to stay out of other people's business'? I am not advocating dictatorships to be let alone. Or to let people suffer. But when did the US take on the role of moral guide? With their history, and track record, you'd think the world would have removed them from that role a loooong time ago. But no. I wonder, when Ford and Kissinger were planning on how to best overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile, did they realise they were talking about PEOPLE? Did they think only in numbers, or did they know that the 'numbers' they were discussing were someone's daughter, son, grand mother, sister, brother, mother, father? What have made the great super power in the West into one of the most arrogant countries in the world? I know that they are not all like that. Of course they're not. Many, many Americans are amazing people with good values and ideas. BUT! Never the less, they did reelect Bush..... But then again, they did also elect Obama. Gave back a little hope to the rest of the world that they weren't completely lost.
I'm still wondering though when they will get it. When they will understand that they are digging their own grave. Seriously. They gave money to Iraq to fight Iran. They gave money to Iran to fight Iraq. They then gave support to Kuwait when Iraq invaded. They trained Usama Bin Laden. Usama Bin Laden attacks the US. Do they realise that by doing what they're doing they're not helping?
I'm sorry. I know I'm being harsh. But at some point we need to stop being afraid of insulting someone. We need to stop worrying about upsetting the big power in the West. Because if we're not careful, if Obama doesn't live up to all promises he has made (I'm still hoping, trust me), it's not only going to be US who is in trouble. Because our European states are too scared and too powerless to dare do anything that might upset the big one across the ocean.
Watch this youtube-clip. It's interesting. Watch the whole movie. Bowling for Columbine. I'm sorry to all my Americans friend, but I'm glad I'm European. (And to those American friends, please don't be insulted. I'm criticising your government(s), and maybe to some extent you for electing them. I do know people are different and that there's a lot of you and that you do not all share the same views!)
Nixon.
Reagan.
McCarthy.
Cheney.
Bush Sr.
W. Bush.
McNamara.
Rumsfeld.
Powell.
I don't get it. Seriously, can someone explain it to me? I thought we were supposed to learn from our mistakes? Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't that something we get taught as children? Apparently not in America.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Chile.
East Timor.
Guatemala.
Iraq.
Kuwait.
Iran.
Cambodia.
Indonesia.
When did the most isolanist state in the world become the one that doesn't know how to stay out of other people's business'? I am not advocating dictatorships to be let alone. Or to let people suffer. But when did the US take on the role of moral guide? With their history, and track record, you'd think the world would have removed them from that role a loooong time ago. But no. I wonder, when Ford and Kissinger were planning on how to best overthrow the democratically elected Allende government in Chile, did they realise they were talking about PEOPLE? Did they think only in numbers, or did they know that the 'numbers' they were discussing were someone's daughter, son, grand mother, sister, brother, mother, father? What have made the great super power in the West into one of the most arrogant countries in the world? I know that they are not all like that. Of course they're not. Many, many Americans are amazing people with good values and ideas. BUT! Never the less, they did reelect Bush..... But then again, they did also elect Obama. Gave back a little hope to the rest of the world that they weren't completely lost.
I'm still wondering though when they will get it. When they will understand that they are digging their own grave. Seriously. They gave money to Iraq to fight Iran. They gave money to Iran to fight Iraq. They then gave support to Kuwait when Iraq invaded. They trained Usama Bin Laden. Usama Bin Laden attacks the US. Do they realise that by doing what they're doing they're not helping?
I'm sorry. I know I'm being harsh. But at some point we need to stop being afraid of insulting someone. We need to stop worrying about upsetting the big power in the West. Because if we're not careful, if Obama doesn't live up to all promises he has made (I'm still hoping, trust me), it's not only going to be US who is in trouble. Because our European states are too scared and too powerless to dare do anything that might upset the big one across the ocean.
Watch this youtube-clip. It's interesting. Watch the whole movie. Bowling for Columbine. I'm sorry to all my Americans friend, but I'm glad I'm European. (And to those American friends, please don't be insulted. I'm criticising your government(s), and maybe to some extent you for electing them. I do know people are different and that there's a lot of you and that you do not all share the same views!)
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