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The King Of Karaoke
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 04/17/2004 : 10:15:57
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Well, truthfully some of the ideas expressed don't sound so bad on paper. (Not that I'm endorsing it by any means.) The article sounded hopeful that the U.S. might find some other, alternative means of using it's superpower status besides preemptive strikes on piddly little countries such as Iraq. I don't think that the U.S. should "dominate the world," but considering that someone else will always be there waiting to fill the niche that the U.S. now occupies, there's not really an easy answer.
I'm not disputing your point, but in your opinion what do YOU think the U.S. should do? If you could become president, and change U.S. policy to your own whims, what would the rest of the world see us do in the next five or ten years?
Take me, break me, tell me a good one and maybe I'll cry
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The King Of Karaoke
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Posted - 04/17/2004 : 12:46:32
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Originally posted by glacial906
Well, truthfully some of the ideas expressed don't sound so bad on paper. (Not that I'm endorsing it by any means.) The article sounded hopeful that the U.S. might find some other, alternative means of using it's superpower status besides preemptive strikes on piddly little countries such as Iraq. I don't think that the U.S. should "dominate the world," but considering that someone else will always be there waiting to fill the niche that the U.S. now occupies, there's not really an easy answer.
I'm not disputing your point, but in your opinion what do YOU think the U.S. should do? If you could become president, and change U.S. policy to your own whims, what would the rest of the world see us do in the next five or ten years?
Take me, break me, tell me a good one and maybe I'll cry
I've been reading up a bit on what Cheney and the rest would like to see happen with America. On paper it makes quite a bit of sense. These people are far more intelligent than myself there's no disputing that. If everything worked out, I suppose the final result would be good for the world in general.
Here's the main problem that I see. This goal would work out on it's own eventually anyway. The rest of the world realizes that we are the dominant force on the planet right now. We should be working on building allies and finding ways to work together with out forcing a Big Mac down every cultures throat. Although there is much the rest of the world admires about America there is much that disgusts them as well.
Look at some of our allies in the middleast. When I see footage from Kuwait or Israel I'm surprised to see how American like the cities seem. When that suicide bomber blew herself up at that mall in Israel a while back, there were two Israeli women on camera with bellies exposed, tight jeans etcetera. I wasn't complaining mind you, (Oh my God! Someone blew themselves up! They actually put a bomb on their body, then blew themselves up! I can't belie...Oo... Hey... Those chic's are pretty hot) but I was surprised at how much the place seemed like America. When they were showing footage of Kuwait last year there was some American fast food joint in one of the shots (BK's or something). There are parts of the world that see what's going on in America and see pure evil. It's so drastically differant from their culture. What gives us ther right to go there and force our shitty culture upon them.
Now here's something I see wrong with the plan as proposed. Who benefits the most by aggressively implementing this plan? The big corporations. The country as a country becomes more wealthy if it's big corporations become more wealthy but how can it's people that live in the country benefit from it? They can't. Not the average Joe or Jane anyway. All we are getting out of the deal is the possiblity of getting killed if we travel to some other part of the world due to the intense hatred everyone has developed towards us. Just turn on the television and realize this plan is not going to work. If anything the final goal has become less attainable because of the reputation as an evil superpower we are so effectively developing.
I'm going to end this for now because I could write my opinion on this all day. I don't want this to be a thread no one will read because it's too long. Please forgive any grammatical errors, my editor has the weekend off. |
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The King Of Karaoke
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 09:07:56
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Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about.
NOTE: Replying to one's own posts is a cheesey technique of getting a desired topic back in circulation. I have become a master at this. |
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klikger
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 18:30:28
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Dick Cheney's Song of America.
