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Ah a, I see, therefore I was right: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44605.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44605.htm http://w

Ah a, I see, therefore I was right: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44605.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44605.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44604.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44604.htm Thank you for reminding that about that "complicit" thing. You should be proud.

refurb 10y ago
Yes I am proud. I would rather have a democratic republic be the world's superpower than a brutal dictatorship. And let me be clear, if any of the Western European countries (or Aus/NZ) were an option, I'd take them over Russia and China too.
- YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
  OK. What about a Swedish dictatorship? With Sweden as the only world superpower and the US, like everyone else, its vassal? Would you accept that? If you're not American, substitute your country for "US". My point is that it's easy for you to say you'd take the US over Russia, China etc any day because it's already your country. To everyone else though it's just a foreign power threatening them with military might.
  - refurb 10y ago
    No, a Swedish dictatorship doesn't sound good. No dictatorships do. Let's look at it another way. If the US were a small country and Canada was a superpower (democratic), would I be annoyed when Canada throws its weight around? Probably, in the grand scheme of things it could be much worse.
    - YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
      The point is that where you see "the world's superpower" everyone else (who is not American) sees "a brutal dictatorship". There's no other way to describe a political entity that will bomb your village to kill one man it suspects may be somehow involved in an insurgency against its military. Not to mention all the other brutal stuff the US does. I'm saying: you don't like dictatorships. Great, but your country is the world's own brutal dictator. It could be much worse, OK, but it could also be a lot better, if your country didn't "throw its weight around". Or its bombs. Or its army etc. (Again, that is _if_ you're American, which I don't know).

refurb 10y ago

Yes I am proud. I would rather have a democratic republic be the world's superpower than a brutal dictatorship. And let me be clear, if any of the Western European countries (or Aus/NZ) were an option, I'd take them over Russia and China too.

YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
OK. What about a Swedish dictatorship? With Sweden as the only world superpower and the US, like everyone else, its vassal? Would you accept that? If you're not American, substitute your country for "US". My point is that it's easy for you to say you'd take the US over Russia, China etc any day because it's already your country. To everyone else though it's just a foreign power threatening them with military might.
- refurb 10y ago
  No, a Swedish dictatorship doesn't sound good. No dictatorships do. Let's look at it another way. If the US were a small country and Canada was a superpower (democratic), would I be annoyed when Canada throws its weight around? Probably, in the grand scheme of things it could be much worse.
  - YeGoblynQueenne 10y ago
    The point is that where you see "the world's superpower" everyone else (who is not American) sees "a brutal dictatorship". There's no other way to describe a political entity that will bomb your village to kill one man it suspects may be somehow involved in an insurgency against its military. Not to mention all the other brutal stuff the US does. I'm saying: you don't like dictatorships. Great, but your country is the world's own brutal dictator. It could be much worse, OK, but it could also be a lot better, if your country didn't "throw its weight around". Or its bombs. Or its army etc. (Again, that is _if_ you're American, which I don't know).