The Kind of Nation We Are

"Far from being the Great Satan, I would say that we are the Great Protector. We have sent men and women from the armed forces of the United States to other parts of the world throughout the past century to put down oppression. We defeated Fascism. We defeated Communism. We saved Europe in World War I and World War II.

And when all those conflicts were over, what did we do? Did we stay and conquer? Did we say, "Okay, we defeated Germany. Now Germany belongs to us? We defeated Japan, so Japan belongs to us"? No. What did we do? We built them up. We gave them democratic systems which they have embraced totally to their soul.

And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead.

And that is the kind of nation we are."

--Colin Powell

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3 Comments

  • Well Pierre, you just proced that a person doesn't need to spell correctly to prove their ignorance.





    To defeat Japan - who initiated the hostilities with us by attacking Pearl Harbor - we saved numerous American lives by unleasing two nuclear bombs.





    To defeat Germany, we allied Europe and the USSR, leaving no more chaos behind than there was BEFORE we allied with them. Oh, and we also left those nations greatly indebted to us financially.... they still are, in fact.





    Any fool who believes this military action is the consequence of our dependence on oil more than it is a consequence - however misguided - of successful terrorist actions on 9/11/2001 (using a civilian jet as a weapon against a military command post - The Pentagon in this case - is most certainly an act of war BTW) is just that.... an ignorant fool.

  • I don't think you can justify dropping nukes on Japan, and btw it was the Russians who brought down the Nazis, the Americans didn't come in until the very end of WW2.



    But every country has its shifty dealings, just when America does it, its in the global spotlight. Most ppl round the world probably don't realize how shady their own government is when they criticize America!

  • How would you explain their stance on the Russian war on the czechs? They were telling the Russians to get out. Now, they are doing the exact same thing in Iraq. The Iraqi people do not need/want American help.

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