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An outstanding example was President Bush's warning to foreign nations, days after September 11, that "either you are with us or you are with the terrorists". The US would never accept such ultimatums itself, yet the arrogance of Bush's remark went unnoticed by America's journalistic elite. The International Herald Tribune did not mention Bush's statement until the 20th paragraph of its story, deep inside the paper. By contrast, the French daily Le Monde highlighted it three times on its front page.
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Where would the world be if the United States hadn't got involved in the fight against Nazi fascism during WWII? Germany had control of Europe and most of N. Africa and was close to bringing down Russia. Japan had control of all of S.E Asia and China and most of the S. Pacific. Imagine where we would be now. The Middle East should be at the very least grateful that we stepped in and stopped it because I'm pretty sure Middle East oil would have been a valuable resouce for Hitlers Germany
What would have happened if the United States hadn't took a stand against communism in Korea and Vietnam? Communism was a cancer spreading like the Nazis did in WWII. We stopped it again when the USSR wanted to put ICBMs in Cuba. In addition, we fought the Cold War for the good of the entire world, not just the United States. Nuclear arms between the US and the USSR totaled in the tens of thousands. Now they are less than ten thousand. Is this a good thing? I think so.
Let's not even think about what would might have been if the United States had sat back and let Saddam Hussein take control of the Middle East and it's oil. What did we get for a thanks? Osama Bin Ladin pissed off because we protected his home land. He was more concerned that Americans defiled the Holy Land than he was with it being invaded.
Should the United States project it's infuence in the Middle East? You bet. The Middle East controls most of the oil on the entire earth. Let's face it, oil drives the world economy and without it, the world would be plunged into economic turmoil. Who remembers the gas shortage in 1977 because OPEC decided to reduce the oil output and increase the price of a barrel of oil?
What Americans are ignorant about is that Middle East oil is not controlled by governments but is controlled by individuals. Just name one government in the Middle East that is democraticly elected by it's people? Maybe if there were Middle East "governments" that practiced world diplomacy the US wouldn't have to project it's influence so much.
I lived in the Middle East and know first hand that the United States does a tremendus favor to the countries it has Military bases and influence in. We pump billions of dollars into their economies and protect their borders from invasion. And who pays for all this help? The average American citizen pays for it. Every single tax payer in America pays to protect everyone in the entire world from fascists, dictators, and terroists and what do we get for a thanks? Nothing but resentment and anger. If the United States were to take a blind eye to all this, the world would still resent us for NOT doing anything.
So, I ask this, is the world a better place since the United States takes a stance or is better off not taking one.
I think the answer is clear.
Lets roll