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Originally posted by American Mad Man
Boohoo, America is so big and bad, they keep making their military stronger
Deal with it.
Originally posted by CTID56092
It's HMS Sheffield!
Originally posted by Gazrok
hasnt this sort of been the agenda since WW2???
hasn't this sort of been the agenda for every powerful nation since the dawn of history??? i.e. Spain, France, England, etc. Why else do you think you can still find current/former colonies of these countries in South America and Africa, or Asia?
Originally posted by csulli456
Right on. Theres no conspiracy here, ofcourse we(the USA) want military domination. It secures our citizens to say the least.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Boohoo, America is so big and bad, they keep making their military stronger
Deal with it.
Have a strong army, navy, airforce and what ever JUST KEEP THEM INSIDE YOUR OWN BORDERS!
Originally posted by psteel
Originally posted by csulli456
Right on. Theres no conspiracy here, ofcourse we(the USA) want military domination. It secures our citizens to say the least.
OK so 95% of the worlds population has to be made to suffer cause 5% of the richest feel insecure? I wonder whats wrong with that picture
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Originally posted by psteel
Originally posted by csulli456
Right on. Theres no conspiracy here, ofcourse we(the USA) want military domination. It secures our citizens to say the least.
OK so 95% of the worlds population has to be made to suffer cause 5% of the richest feel insecure? I wonder whats wrong with that picture
So I guess China and India suffer because of us
All those Europeans too
Boo-hoo-hoooo!!!!!!!! MOMY, BIG BAD AMERICA IS BECOMING STRONGER AND WE ARE SCARED *SNIFF SNIFF* WHY DON"T THEY STOP!!!! *STOMPS FOOT* IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!!!!!!!! WHY CAN'T THEY JUST STOP PROGRESSING!!!!!!!! *SNIFF SNIFF* I WANT MY BLANKY!!!!!!!!!!
Get a grip dude. Stop blaming the US for everything.
India and China alone account for 2 billion people, and all we do is help their economy.
We don't do anything but help Europes economy either, but I guess all of those millions of peoples problems are our fault too
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Nope. countries WANT us in their countries. Yours included
I don't think you understand - it is a great benefit to have a US base in your country. Not only does that nation have no threat from attack what-so-ever, but there are huge economic pluses as well.
You have thousands of foriegn soldiers spending their money in your stores.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Originally posted by American Mad Man
Nope. countries WANT us in their countries. Yours included
Really, last time I checked we had our own armed forces....
It increases the chance of attack in that area and country tenfold!
Why dont we just put OUR OWN base there?
So?
We could have thousands of OUR soldiers doing that....
Originally posted by psteel
If you really believe that you are self delusional
Originally posted by American Mad Man
And last time I checked, the US had it's armed forces stationed in Scottland and England because the UK wanted us their.
How does having the strongest military in the world increase your chances of another country attacking you? It doesn't, and you know it. You don't put your OWN base there because you get the US to BUY it FOR YOU and get to USE IT TOO. It's smart, you get all the benefits, and don't have to pay for it.
Maybe you don't understand this, but I will try to explain. If your country has a population of 1,000,000 (just a nice round figure) and you add 10,000 FORIEGNERS living their, it helps your economy A LOT more then just redistributing where your people live. Get it?
[edit on 23-3-2005 by American Mad Man]
Nope. countries WANT us in their countries. Yours included
I don't think you understand - it is a great benefit to have a US base in your country. Not only does that nation have no threat from attack what-so-ever, but there are huge economic pluses as well.
You have thousands of foriegn soldiers spending their money in your stores.
Originally posted by devilwasp
Originally posted by American Mad Man
And last time I checked, the US had it's armed forces stationed in Scottland and England because the UK wanted us their.
Not really, I dont see no ruskie threat or german threat across the water....
Firstly, who is the biggest target in the world right now?
Go on...answer me...which country at the moment has the largest ammount of enemies?
The USA now how does it serve us haveing the largest target in the world plonked right in the middle of our countryside?
You have the largest ability to destroy conventional forces across the globe, but you simply do not have the capability to fight terror forces in forign countries...look you bring your weapons here into our country because 60 years ago we agreed it would be in our best intrests to help each other...now come on 60 years ago!
Yes you take jobs away from OUR people and give them to YOUR people..
Originally posted by ZeroDeep
What countries? Third world countries you mean? Be it resolved, that most third world countries would want any major economic power in their country, not only the United States of America. I don't see any countries crying for American soldiers to stammer into thier country and take lodge, do you? Bar, of course, many of these third world countries.
It's not a benefit economicly; foriegn soldiers are not deployed in the millions to assent a countries economy, where you thought otherwise is beyond me. And foriegn soldiers do prevent attacks from occuring what-so-ever, as is the case with Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Deep
Originally posted by American Mad Man
There doesn't need to be a threat. US bases help your economy. It's that simple, and there is no arguing it.
Your country WANTS us there or we wouldn't BE there.
The US is NOT the largest target in the world. No country in their right mind would attack the US. The UK and US STILL TO THIS DAY believe it is best to help each other out. Get a clue mate, there are no two countries in the world with a greater alliance then the UK and US.
As far as terrorism, terrorism has been hitting the UK for years, and NEVER US military bases. So please, don't act like thats making your country a bigger target. The only thing making them a bigger target is letting thousands of muslims flood their lands through the EU.
YOu couldn't be MORE WRONG. The US WOULD NEVER hire people from the UK to be in our armed services. You agree on that don't you? That we get our soldiers from our country?
Now that we have established that, put all those THOUSANDS of soldiers all making TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars. Where do they spend their money? Hmmm. Not the US! They spend it in the UK! That means all the stores around the base get more customers. All those bases need people to work their too, that creates jobs.
Please, it is a well known FACT that military bases HELP economies. Anytime you can add an allies military base in your country, the local economy gets a huge lift.
Originally posted by DrHoracid
Originally posted by Souljah
When at sea US Navy has no threat at all!
aahhhh what about the USS Shefield? I seem to remember a FRENCH exorcet missle thingy................
Originally posted by psteel
Its a well known fact that armies based on foreign soil cost a hell of a lot more than deploying in your own country. But its even more costly to deploy such forces with rapid deployment to theatre from the home land. Thats were forward basing is a benifit...Its in NO WAY Done to help the local economy. That is arrange to help sweeten the pot for the host nation..other wize no one would put up with these beggers!
Take your troops home is my suggestion if you don't feel that you are appreciated...we certainly don't need the aggro that you bring with you!
Reading that guys comments it really underscores how much any given countries education system is first in formost to reinforce own country propaganda views.Its not until you get to the higher educational levels that critical thinking is required....by then they are truely indoctrinated