The world should be kissing our feet!

[slamdunkpro]

It just fascinates me that the US is so vilified by the world and even people in our own country. Don’t they realize that the only thing that has kept them from enslavement is the US Constitution? Think about it – in the 20’s 30’s 40’s and 50’s we could have crushed most countries like bugs – but we didn’t. We gave Europe back twice and the Far East back once. Imagine for a moment that all that power was in a monarchy. Was there a more colonial or imperial president than Teddy Roosevelt? If Teddy had been king the middle east would be a territory now, once FDR succeeded him in the Roosevelt dynasty Canada and Mexico would be added to the list. Europe would all be Soviet Satellite states.

No matter how incompetent (Grant, Carter) or corrupt (Buchanan, Nixon, Clinton) the president has been, they have had at least the bare respect for that single document.

It’s very possible that without that document FDR or Truman could have cut a deal with the Soviets and the Chinese to slice the world up three ways. If that happened who could have stopped it?

Not bad for a bunch of rebel drunks in the 1700’s

[SpearsBritney]

...wake up Neo...the Matrix has you....

[hetron]

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It just fascinates me that the US is so vilified by the world and even people in our own country. Don’t they realize that the only thing that has kept them from enslavement is the US Constitution? Think about it – in the 20’s 30’s 40’s and 50’s we could have crushed most countries like bugs – but we didn’t.

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You really have no idea why the US is so vilified because you don't know the role that US "advisors" played in supporting corrupt dictatorships and suppressing more-legitimate populist movements worldwide. If you support corrupt dictatorships who behave in an inhumane way, you aren't that much better than they are. The fact is so easily grasped by people worldwide and yet so utterly lost on many Americans it is rather astonishing.

[player24]

I'd be interesting in knowing which "corrupt dictatorships" the US is currently supporting.

[The once and future king]

The only appropriate response to this drivel is:

"America fu.ck yea coming again to save the motherfu.cking world yea."

*Team America-World Police.

[The once and future king]

The Yanks+Rusikeis+Brits had a hard time stoping the Germans, and would have been even harder if they hadnt had that strategic tard Hitler in charge.

Now imagine that in 39 Germany allied with Britan+France. Britain still rules the waves, germans lead the way in armements. Yankland was docile and unprepared, we could have had you easy.

[slamdunkpro]

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Now imagine that in 39 Germany allied with Britan+France.Britain still rules the waves, germans lead the way in armements.

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And the French are what? Waiting tables? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Yankland was docile and unprepared, we could have had you easy.

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Only until production in the heatland increased. Remember that you Brits were woefully unprepaired as well in 39. In fact the only thing that saved you until 41 was our lend lease program.

A much more fearsome alliance would have been Stalin+Hitler. If that had been the case you would be eating borche right now instead of Fish & Chips.

[The once and future king]

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In fact the only thing that saved you until 41 was our lend lease program.

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I dont remember you lending us any spitfires. Also having the mightiest navy in the world isnt unprepared. Add to that the wermacht and youd be drinking T and eating bratwurst in no time.

[bholdr]

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I'd be interesting in knowing which "corrupt dictatorships" the US is currently supporting.

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ummm... are you kidding?

pakistan?
russia?
saudi arabia?
half of central and southern america?
CHINA?
etc...

(though some of these call themselves democracies or monarchies or republics or whatever)

[Greg J]

The worst:

Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia