Posted on 10/02/2002 7:15:37 PM PDT by UnBlinkingEye
What has happened to our image as a beacon of freedom, opportunity and the right way to live?
Much of the world fears or hates us. We have a proclaimed policy of attacking any country whose policies or regimes don't follow our dictates.
Why have we become the biggest bully in the world?
No, just asking a question that contains it's own answer. It seemed to be in vogue.
I did go to public school, but I learned from my own reading.
By the 100th post, FreePers are low-denominator name callers.
I'm not in the habit of "giving" things. It must be earned. You've failed in that respect because you still have left too many questions on the table.
I am merely trying to give the sheep another direction to consider.
And apparently you think of yourself as the shepherd. There's that ideology again! Anyone who doesn't agree with you is a "sheep."
And you want me to give you a break? Yeah, sure...
You need to bone up on world history since the end of WWII and connect the dots. Each step along the way has led us to our present predicament. The charge of "imperialism" indicates both a misunderstanding of the term and a misunderstanding of history.
On balance, since the world leadership role had to fall to some nation, it is extremely fortunate for the six billion people on this planet that it fell to us. That doesn't mean, however, that we have any interest in searching out enemies and picking fights.
The present belligerencies have been ripening for roughly 25 years, or since Sadat shook Begin's hand in Jimmy Carter's Rose Garden. On 911, the damn burst and we have now been forced to settle accounts once and for all in the Arab world. If we do a half-assed job, we'll pay for it later. It's time to force a paradigm shift in that part of the world, or else watch a nuclear cloud rise over an American city five or ten years down the road.
"It takes but one to make a war, not two, and those who do not have swords may still die upon them." -- Eowyn, Lord of the Rings
War was made upon us. We did not seek it. Fortunately for us, we have the biggest swords on the planet. Now is the time to use them.
I'll answer that for them. They are here to disrupt and use bandwidth so they can go back to DU and smirk.
Please show where I called anyone a name on this thread...
I challenge you to do so and when you fail I would like an apology!
Then maybe FR is not the right place for you.
Mad Dawgg: Well.........?
Heheheh they never learn.
"Knee-Jerking" is deeply imbedded in these types.
He,who is standing before a kangaroo court?
I think Clinton, Albright, Cohen, Sheas, Blair et al. should be standing before that cruel joke of a court.
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That was your post, logged as the 100th.
If that is not name calling, I apoligize. IMHO certainly not dripping with intellectual embodiment.
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