Another thing, have you yet seen Farenheight 911 by Michael Moore? Or have you paid any attention during the 2000 elections? Did you not see the fucked up shit that happened in Florida? It was down to the nose and whoever won Florida won the electoral election. And then no one knows what happens down at Florida (where Bush's brother is govenor
) Furthermore, since no one knows what happened there and Bush won out of luck or cheating, many argued at the time that Gore should be our President. Then 9/11 happened and people forgot. Then there was a prison abuse scandal. Then a beheading happened and people forgot. BTW, I am not staying 9/11 was staged. I am merely saying it could have been prevented very easily. And, no, I could not have prevented it if I was there because I am not a government agency with unlimited resources. If I were the CIA or FBI or another person of power at the US, then I could have prevented it.
Furthermore, performing a small favor does not cover up for past mistakes. Before I criticize you though, I must look at myself, correct? Let's see, Japan has tried conquering eastern asia many times, without success I might add. And it has also been in great trouble with natural resources for a long time, having to import a majority of them. This may also be the reason for its desire to conquer. Having joined Germany in WW2, Japan was fighting on the side that was exterminating the Jews. This was evil. Furthermore, it went on to attack Pearl Harbor, (although it was known that it was going to happen) killing defensless soldiers while they slept. The kamikaze manevuer was also designed by the Japanese. This shows their lack of value for human life. Or, possibly, their value for honor over anything else. Japan then never supported any other foreign nation and instead focused its people on things like technology. While this technology is useful, it only helps the countries rich enough to be able to use it, and not everyone.
Hm...seems Japan is pretty bad. But, let's now take a look at the United States shall we.
The United States has been decieving its people since as early as the Alamo. America, being the greedy nation that it is, decided to let the massacre of its own people happen in order to get its population to agree with taking over Texas and other western land, including modern day California. By not allowing troops to go in (troops were told to stop at a near by area and were held there) and help the people at the Alamo, the United States recieved a majority of the people on its side of right. As they said, "Remember the Alamo." Then, the United States once again tricked its people during WW2. With the Great Depression in full effect. Not many people had faith in their President. However, the President at the time needed something big to help get everyone jobs and fuel the nation out of its current economical hardship. Therefore, during WW2, the soldiers at Pearl Harbor (a known place to harbor Japanese spies) conducted a drill that showed how on a Sunday morning, the soldiers at Pearl Harbor would be ill-prepared to make a strong defense. The Japanese, of course capitalized on this information. After Pearl Harbor, the United States started rounding up all Japanese (and even some non-Japanese Asians), into their own form of concentration camps. At these camps, the Japanese were stripped of their rights as Americans and were viewed to all be Spies. Since none of them could be trusted, they had to now remain in these camps where they would be watched over. Now, don't get me wrong, these camps were not death camps like those in Germany and such. But to strip your citizens of their rights and assume they have all commited treason based on their ethnicity is wrong. Then, during several Presidents reigns the US smuggled weapons to countries it favored when they were at war with each other. For example, the US dislikes both Iraq and Iran. But, when the two were at war, the US provided Iran with weapons because it was the lesser of two evils. And, the US has also been providing Israel with billions of dollars in aid every year, which it is argueable, that they use for weapon production to attack other countries (yes, Israel does attack other countries, it doesn't just "defend" itself). Having given nearly 10 billion to Israel in the last year alone. And, then, for some more up to date news. America allows 9/11 to happen (logically, there is no way it should have happened. To many coincidences...). This thrusts Bush back into the place his father had just been with the Gulf War. (Could he be finishing the job his father started. Many children often want to be like their fathers, and Bush has already become President as his father had once been). Having found Afghanistan with little defense and the American people still emotional over 9/11, Iraq was an easy place to get into. The Americans then, under order from Rumsfeld (Quote from
ww.moveon.org: Rumsfeld personally approved a policy that "encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners," violating their fundamental human rights under the Geneva convention.) severly disgraced Iraqi prisoners using cruel and unusual punishment. However, this incident was overlooked by many American people after the video of a gruesome beheading was "found." While it was signed with the names of all the terrorists in the video, they found it necessary to wear masks. There has been heated debate about the fact that this movie may be a fake (and more signs point to that it is fake). Then, the United States asks for exemption from the UN even though it had just disgraced the organization.
As you can see, America seems to be the greater of two evils. And, your little good deeds, do not cover up the fact that your are forcing your values onto other people, killing several of them in the process. You are doing with democracy what you tried to prevent Russia and China from doing with communism. And, yes, I realize communism not a good form of government and you can cite several examples of how the two countries I mentioned are having hardships. But, that does not mean you should force democracy onto other countries. Why not be democratic about it, and them decide.
P.S. For those of you looking for an interesting website: www.moveon.org or www.bushflash.com
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