[PoorMuttly]

Bump!

[VaBthang4]

....good enough for me.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Definitely written by a Jacksonian!

See this :

IRAQ: Strategy

You know the Jacksonians. They live in the "red counties," own guns, drink Budweiser, smoke ( or used to smoke ) Marlboros, and watch NASCAR on TV. They shop at Wal-Mart, and they made Rush Limbaugh the most-listened-to radio talk-show host in the history of the medium. They're Christians, and they believe in the terrible swift sword of righteousness.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? I guess that pretty much sums up how I feel!!!! It's great to have someone put my thoughts into words.

[Humidston]

Bravo, bravo, bravo and AMEN!

[I still care]

BTTT

[Eternal_Bear]

Washington said it best "avoid foreign entanglements." He was wise and it's still good advice.

[SeenTheLight]

This should be required reading---thank you!

[Texas_Jarhead]

E-Mail distribution BUMP!

[Hannibal]

"the "holy sand" of Saudi Arabia"

LOL

[GaryMontana]

Europe and the rest of the world are blaming the US for failing the world's poor and destroying the environment. Tensions are emerging between those who want our money (Britain and most of the world) and the US even before the latest Earth Summit (which is meant to blame the USA for everything, as well as, take as much money from us as possible) in Johannesburg. See August 26th London Times.

Hmmm, now how many colonies did the USA have around the world? How many people did we enslave in Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world? Didn't the British Empire empirically control 1/3 of the world, what about France, Holland, Germany, Spain etc… Yet the world is blaming the USA because the world is poor.

Let those wonderful nations that put these people in poverty, used their cheap labor, and stole their minerals pay for the mess they created.

THE USA IS NOT TO BLAME. Perhaps Europe should look themselves in the mirror for most of the problems of the world. The third world is also to blame for their problems. They often created their mess through their corrupted leaders. The USA has no share in the blame, and we should refuse to accept any guilt. Perhaps the rest of the world should learn to fix their problems, instead of using the USA, Christians, Jews or Israel as whipping boys to blame all their own failings on.

Two last questions. Couldn't the poor in the world have been helped by giving all the money it cost to create this conference to them? Wouldn't the environment be better off with out the waste of fossil fuels it took to get to this conference? If these people don't care enough to send their money to the poor and help the environment, why should we?

[mark the shark]

HERE!! HERE!! Right on target, so to speak !

[He Rides A White Horse]

- People who whine that America looks out for it's own interests as if that's not the case for every single nation in the world.

Capitalist, free market America should be the engine that drives the thoroughly socialized rest of the world, in their minds..........if that isn't a paradox, I don't know what is.

[He Rides A White Horse]

There was a poster here on FR who posed a question not too long ago, I forget who it was, my apologies, but what they asked was this:

Imagine the world today without the United States of America. See what you get.

[VaBthang4]

[TxBec]

ping.

[ladtx]

- Europeans who decry America's use of force to protect it's own citizens from terrorists, but who had no such issues with getting American help to liberate European nations and protect European citizens from harm.

I actually saw a British official on cable about a week ago deny this. He said it was really the Russians as much as the Americans who saved Europe during WWII. I think we should let them stew in their own juices for a while, maybe a few years with no foreign aid and protection would cure their attitude.

[Publius6961]

What he said.

BUMP

[Vic3O3]

Nice post!

[Tired of Taxes]

Thanks for the ping, Txbec. And, thanks, Conservageek, for posting that article.

Recently, I debated two people from other countries online about the U.S. and its position in the world. They believed that the "Gulf War" was an act of imperialism by the U.S. They completely disregarded the fact that the U.N. asked us to get involved or that other nations were involved. Then they accused Americans of listening "naively" to our gov't. Curiously, on the other hand, they supported the bombing of Kosovo. Sounded partisan to me. I agreed that the U.S. should not be involved in other countries' wars, but, remember, that means don't bother calling when you're in trouble.