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Why is the US again responsible and having to be the world's police? This is why we're hated so much in the first place. Why aren't countries closer to the re

Why is the US again responsible and having to be the world's police? This is why we're hated so much in the first place. Why aren't countries closer to the region, like China, helping?

lazyasciiart 9y ago
If you read the article, you will see that it is talking about the 1960s.
ako 9y ago
The us are not generously policing the world, they are mostly looking after their own interests, while pretending to police the world. But in reality it's all about protecting their own interests worldwide.
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netsharc 9y ago
"Why isn't China helping". Hah... 1st, this was the 60's. 2nd, the Indonesian president back then was actually closer to Communist China than to the west, which scared the USA because as another replier to your comment said, what countries want in the world is influence, and they will use violence to keep that influence, and call that "peace-keeping". This is also why the US didn't do anything when the butchering happened in Indonesia, because, hey, the correct sort of people (in the view of the Americans) were being killed (actually there were a lot of innocent bystanders who got labelled Commmunist and were killed).
Udik 9y ago
I'll give you some news. "Police" is defined as a "body of persons empowered by the State to enforce the law". And in this case there's no State and there is no law being enforced. People using violence to force others to conform to rules that they made up themselves are usually called thugs.
PhisherPrice 9y ago
We are simply doing what is in our national interests, and, as the world superpower, that involves getting involved in the affairs of other countries. The US is actually one of the least hated, according to studies. If any other country was this powerful, they would do the same. Regardless if other people like it or not, if it's in the national interest, it's always the right thing to do from our perspective.

Why is the US again responsible and having to be the world's police? This is why we're hated so much in the first place. Why aren't countries closer to the region, like China, helping?

lazyasciiart 9y ago

If you read the article, you will see that it is talking about the 1960s.

ako 9y ago

The us are not generously policing the world, they are mostly looking after their own interests, while pretending to police the world. But in reality it's all about protecting their own interests worldwide.

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netsharc 9y ago

"Why isn't China helping". Hah... 1st, this was the 60's. 2nd, the Indonesian president back then was actually closer to Communist China than to the west, which scared the USA because as another replier to your comment said, what countries want in the world is influence, and they will use violence to keep that influence, and call that "peace-keeping". This is also why the US didn't do anything when the butchering happened in Indonesia, because, hey, the correct sort of people (in the view of the Americans) were being killed (actually there were a lot of innocent bystanders who got labelled Commmunist and were killed).

Udik 9y ago

I'll give you some news. "Police" is defined as a "body of persons empowered by the State to enforce the law". And in this case there's no State and there is no law being enforced. People using violence to force others to conform to rules that they made up themselves are usually called thugs.

PhisherPrice 9y ago

We are simply doing what is in our national interests, and, as the world superpower, that involves getting involved in the affairs of other countries. The US is actually one of the least hated, according to studies. If any other country was this powerful, they would do the same. Regardless if other people like it or not, if it's in the national interest, it's always the right thing to do from our perspective.