Perhaps we should surround the entire USA with steel walls and machine gun turrets to ward off all invaders. That way we can keep our country safe while being able to continue our imperialist efforts throughout the world.
Perhaps we should surround the entire USA with steel walls and machine gun turrets to ward off all invaders. That way we can keep our country safe while being able to continue our imperialist efforts throughout the world.
I fear you'd just shoot one another to prove how free you were! :)Quote by: Dan74
Violence does beget violence but violence is not the root cause of the problem. The terrorists will never stop until Islam becomes the world's dominate religion or subjects and relations theory gets established.
This is an extremely ignorant statement.
The Islamist terrorists do what they do to oppose imperialism.
Osama Bin Laden said himself that the 9/11 attacks were done in response to Western interventions in the Middle East.
That's because they are all communists, freemasons and Jews, led by President Obama.
This is an extremely ignorant statement. Imperialism means "of a country having control or sovereignty over other countries." The west is not trying to take control of Islamic countries.
Maybe so, but this war has been going on since the middle ages. It is a war about competing worldviews.
You're sharing this information without any personal or impersonal evidence.
In actuality, the United States and allies have been trying to control other countries for years now.
That's an entry-level observation, too.
The State Department itself admits to trying to control Haiti, for example.
Grandpa h.
Post by post, building his arguments by smashing a couple of theirs -- for America.
And the band played 'Believe it if you like', as my father used to say. Faith is a wonderful thing! :)
The US tries to control other countries only to the extent that they not become havens for terrorism or the drug trade. The US certainly does not want to have sovereignty over these countries. It's not worth the trouble. To think that the US got attacked because it is an imperialist nation is incorrect. If the US were an Islamic nation, given that the world's economic conditions are the same, the US would not have been attacked. Muslims don't kill other muslims (in theory), but they do kill infidels. Also, one can't claim that the attacks against the UK, Spain and France were because they were imperialists. Furthermore, what is going on in Syria, Chechnya, Nepal, Egypt, etc. are not because of imperialism. Turkey and the rest of central Europe have been dealing with this war since the middle ages. Iran does not want Israel wiped off the face of the Earth because they are afraid Israel is trying to subjugate them. All of these conflicts are not over natural resources. The enemy is not a particular country. The enemy wants peace just as we do, only they want it in the terms of their worldview.
The US, as you know, tries to control other countries to the extent they have oil, other profitable and stealable commodities, or a strategic location. The beliefs of those they rob is actually irrelevant, as you know.
You've got it backwards. This war existed long before the US did. This war is not over natural resources, a strategic location or against a country. It's not even a war over a political philosophy. It's much bigger than what the US is involved with. The US and its actions are therefore irrelevant. It is the beliefs of the enemy that is relevant.
Nothing like faith to deny facts! Capitalism is about thieving, and the US is the central capitalist country. It also trains its citizens to believe it is okay to kill for property with firearms, so there it is. Contradictory assertions are not going to get us anywhere, however. If you believe the US is a sweet little leaping lamb, good luck, and keep out of biting range! :)
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