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My anti-US foreign policy thread (rant)
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:42 pm    Post subject: My anti-US foreign policy thread (rant) Reply with quote

I know it sounds like an oxymoron for an American to say this but I feel it is time for the US to stop interfering in world affairs.
The more the US keeps on interfering in international issues, the more stupid the nation looks on the world stage.
Believe it or not, it took me living 6 years outside my own country to realize how screwed up our foreign policy truly is and the further America and Americans continue down this path, the worse the situation can be for the country.
I don't think the US has the right to interfere in other nations' affairs since its own house is far from being in order;

~ Thousands of children either underinsured or who have to go without insurance for the greater good of the HMOs' profits.

~ Elderly people placed in substandard convalescent homes where people die every day from common illnesses such as bedsores

~ Where children are passed through an education system without even the knowledge of how to read and in some cases, how to write their own name.

~ Where disaster/ terror response aid is always politically connected without any say from the common people.
Cases in point; Hurricane Katrina and the mid-western floods last summer

In fact, I don't even think we would have a need for money for terror repsonse if the government changed the way it saw the world.

I had seen what happened to countries that tried to become massive superpowers; Spain, France and England and history showed us what happened to them in the end.
I feel the US is heading down that road soon and I really don't want to be here when it does happen and to be brutally honest, my response would be, "I told you so..."
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SCE2AUX



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.
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hellofaniceguy



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCE2AUX wrote:
And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.


I second that.
And I will add.... America�s policies, the way it does things, the meddling in other countries affairs, the so-called "better than other country" attitude can't be blamed on anyone except YOU, the voters. You are the ones who elect these idiots to office...these same idiots who make the laws and policies.
And it won't change because the voters are dumb and won't change.
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Juregen



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCE2AUX wrote:
And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.


It's not a swastika, sjees i guess some people education IS limited.

It is a symbol of Communist Russia.



This is a swastika

The symbol he carries is explained here
http://www.ngw.nl/int/rus/rusnat.htm
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SCE2AUX



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Juregen wrote:
SCE2AUX wrote:
And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.


It's not a swastika, sjees i guess some people education IS limited.

It is a symbol of Communist Russia.

This is a swastika


Fully aware of what the swastika is and what the hammer and sickle is. My point is that I consider them equivalent evils.
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yawarakaijin



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SCE2AUX wrote:
Juregen wrote:
SCE2AUX wrote:
And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.


It's not a swastika, sjees i guess some people education IS limited.

It is a symbol of Communist Russia.

This is a swastika


Fully aware of what the swastika is and what the hammer and sickle is. My point is that I consider them equivalent evils.


Nice Save! LOL If they are equal why don't you just call it a hammer and sickle?
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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as their avatar either.


Kinda missed that word 'either', didn't you?
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Juregen



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
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as their avatar either.


Kinda missed that word 'either', didn't you?


I seemed to have missed it.

Sorry about that.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yawarakaijin wrote:
SCE2AUX wrote:
Juregen wrote:
SCE2AUX wrote:
And we wouldn't pay attention to somebody who had a spinning swastika as their avatar either.


It's not a swastika, sjees i guess some people education IS limited.

It is a symbol of Communist Russia.

This is a swastika


Fully aware of what the swastika is and what the hammer and sickle is. My point is that I consider them equivalent evils.


Nice Save! LOL If they are equal why don't you just call it a hammer and sickle?


To officially Godwin the thread. Discussion over. Go home.
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The Soju Hoju



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:33 pm    Post subject: http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ Reply with quote

http://zeitgeistmovie.com/
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lastat06513



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How can some of you criticize me for my avitar (and get it wrong the first time around) in a sorry attempt to hijack my thread.....

How can you confuse a swastika (traditionally a buddhist symbol twisted around for a country that has nothing to do with easern philosophy) with a hammer and sickle that represents a system that was impractical and failed, much like the way the US is going..

Before "trying" to hijack a thread and "try" to discredit someone, make sure you have your ducks in order....

Other than that
Take care and have a wonderful day Very Happy
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yawarakaijin



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
How can some of you criticize me for my avitar (and get it wrong the first time around) in a sorry attempt to hijack my thread.....

How can you confuse a swastika (traditionally a buddhist symbol twisted around for a country that has nothing to do with easern philosophy) with a hammer and sickle that represents a system that was impractical and failed, much like the way the US is going..

Before "trying" to hijack a thread and "try" to discredit someone, make sure you have your ducks in order....

Other than that
Take care and have a wonderful day Very Happy



Shut up you freakin Nazi. Wink
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endo



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The hammer and sickle represent Stalin and that dude was a monster who butchered millions of people.

And you start a thread condeming America for it's treatment of people at home and abroad?

Biatch please!
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reactionary



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yep, because stalin was the first to use the hammer and sickle symbol and all.
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oskinny1



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

reactionary wrote:
yep, because stalin was the first to use the hammer and sickle symbol and all.


No he wasn't, but it tends to represent many negative aspects of communism.

As for the OP, it is understandable to have these feelings but when the US doesn't get involved people complain just as much. It's a lose/lose situation (or loose/loose for many dave posters) almost every time.
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