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    America The worlds police

    I am american and I dont like how we always have to go help people in other countries. When we do people always seem to hate us more. I think america should worry about itself before other nations. Like fixing americas debt.

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    If not America, who would you trust to do the job? Someone has to do it, evil, tyranny, and opression spread when left unopposed...
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    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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    Quote Originally Posted by EricLovesWar
    I am american and I dont like how we always have to go help people in other countries. When we do people always seem to hate us more. I think america should worry about itself before other nations. Like fixing americas debt.
    Someone has to do it. We are the most powerful nation on the planet so we are the biggest target for whiny cheeseholes to take a shot at, and we also, I believe, have the biggest responsibility to "do what we can". Also, it's in our best long term interest to police what we can, when we can.

    And if you stop and think about it, America absolutely does "worry about itself before other nations" - every country does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalem
    Someone has to do it. We are the most powerful nation on the planet so we are the biggest target for whiny cheeseholes to take a shot at, and we also, I believe, have the biggest responsibility to "do what we can". Also, it's in our best long term interest to police what we can, when we can.

    And if you stop and think about it, America absolutely does "worry about itself before other nations" - every country does.

    -dale
    We are the most powerful but what happens when we help, people just hate us more. Like Isreal we helped them have a country of there own then the entire middle east hates us. Let countrys fix there own problems. If they hate there dictator then the can have a revolution we dont have to kill every evil dictator in the world.

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    I'm sorry but your going to have to change your screen name before I can take you seriously... I mean who loves war???
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    Quote Originally Posted by EricLovesWar
    Let countrys fix there own problems.
    And we would be hated for that. Also, you will just end up fighting that dictator when he could be much more powerful.
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    Maybe his name isn't Eric and he's referring to someone besides himself lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZFBoxcar
    Maybe his name isn't Eric and he's referring to someone besides himself lol
    i hope so because if he isint, then I don't think i can take what he says seriously.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
    I'm sorry but your going to have to change your screen name before I can take you seriously... I mean who loves war???
    LOL yeah I got it because i am always playing wargames on Xbox I guess i will change it.

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    The world police????? nobody told me that we were the world's police *sarcastic surprised look*, i always thought that we just liked to get into other countries' businesses without them asking us to go over there. Just because we are stronger doesn't mean we have to save everyone, since some do not want saving, and most don't want it from us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Locke
    doesn't mean we have to save everyone
    Good thing, we don't have the resources to help everyone. Others will step up to bat.
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    I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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    Yet, not everyone needs saving. Plus, doesn't the UN do anything around here, or NATO, why are we in these political alliances, if we always end up being the ones that help out the world, and if something goes wrong we get blamed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Locke
    Yet, not everyone needs saving. Plus, doesn't the UN do anything around here, or NATO, why are we in these political alliances, if we always end up being the ones that help out the world, and if something goes wrong we get blamed.
    You are right. UN just says no to everything knowing that we will do it alone and they dont have to get there hands dirty

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Locke
    and if something goes wrong we get blamed.
    And if we do nothing we get blamed too. When we do something we get blamed for "imperialism", or worse, not doing enough. They will scream "unilateral" even when something is not, then the next day tell us we need to have "unilateral" talks with an extortionist. Personally I want our ships to show up after a disaster, I want 2000 pound bombs dropping on terrorists, I want assassins hunting tyrants, I want vaccines to be available, all within our capacity to do so.
    No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
    I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Confed999
    And if we do nothing we get blamed too. When we do something we get blamed for "imperialism", or worse, not doing enough. They will scream "unilateral" even when something is not, then the next day tell us we need to have "unilateral" talks with an extortionist. Personally I want our ships to show up after a disaster, I want 2000 pound bombs dropping on terrorists, I want assassins hunting tyrants, I want vaccines to be available, all within our capacity to do so.
    Well at least not doing anything does not get American soldiers killed

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