US (government) good, all other non-vassal states, bad. You know, the same kind of simplistic thinking expounded in Animal Farm: four legs good, two legs, bad.
Once you know that the US government (note, not "America") only bombs, invades and manipulates non-vassal states for their own benefit, since, after all, we're the beacon of justice and personal liberty, then you can see why it's all good.
Of course, one should never mention in polite company that as soon as these puppet states are re-aligned under IMF guidelines, the fist thing they do on day #1 is set up a central bank that can exchange financial instruments with the Federal reserve. Forward, Ponzi!
(And on day #2, sign an agreement allowing US/NATO forces. Gee, you thought Kosovo was all about those poor Albanians? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Bondsteel. Ever wonder what they were planning for Ukraine?)
On a more meta physical level, it's odd that FR posts hundreds of articles, and thousands of posts, each & every week, month after month, year after year, exposing the corruption & diabolical evil manifesting in the central security state.
Yet, we have posters like Kabar citing State dept documents, as if they are unimpeachable sources of unbiased information! Yep, delivered by the same cast of characters who brought us the misinformation campaign starring the video inducing riot in Libya. Need I go on?
On a more sober note, I think it's very difficult for many people to really come to grips with what has happened to their country. In WWII and throughout the Cold War, we were the good guys combating military aggression.
But somewhere along the line, the roles got reversed, and now we're the global tyrant. But like all expansionary empires, at some point an apex is reached before the inevitable decline sets in.
Syria, and now Ukraine, will turn out to be our respective Waterloo. Russia has an absolutely huge population to resource balance - perhaps surpassing ours back in 1940. History is now on their side and against us.
We provoked and Russia responded. We will continue to push at the margins, and they will continue to perfect their defensive techniques. We have something like a 20% unemployment rate, 1 out of 8 people on food stamps, and a $1 trillion dollar deficit that is 100% dependent on the US dollar remaining as the reserve currency.
When this sucker crashes, it's finally going to be time for citizens to restore a constitutional form of government that represents us, not outsiders who use good Americans for their own nefarious deeds.
“But somewhere along the line, the roles got reversed, and now we’re the global tyrant. But like all expansionary empires”
Expansionary empire...where have we expanded too?
Of course the answer is, we haven’t expanded lol...you win “most idiotic statement award” for the night.
I cannot disagree.