[Osborn F Enready]

Comrade, that is some opinion you got there. You know what they say about opinions though....

The fact is, yes it is quite relevant. My government is acting in my name, as I am one of we the people. If our government would have focused more on showing the positive side of capitalism, instead of fighting the concept of communism, it could have worked out better for everyone. Vietnam, Cuban Missile Crisis, all about communism supposedly, though if you check you will see there was much more going on then they let on for over 20 years after the fact.

I thing you have brought up the point of most of our problem in the U.S. Since WWII we feel like we need to "force" our way, our ideals, our form of government, our concept of society on every other SOVERIGN nation on the globe. If we would lead by example, it might work a lot better than by chasing the opponents around with a stick.
Look at our history of trade sanctions, and tell me we haven't done more to keep third world countries third world countries, supposedly in our war against communism.

I think you make some pretty blanket statements that are pretty one sided, but hey, that is just my opinion....

And on your vendetta issue, how would you feel about the man who put a price on your dads head?