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Originally posted by manykapao
Oh great an ATS favorite, USA bashing. Does all that dribble have a single.mention of Europe's.CENTURIES of.abuses and imperialism over the globe or is it just centered around a few decades of.the US doing Europe's.dirty work.
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Originally posted by Echo3Foxtrot
You know, its a little thing called pride. People have it everywhere you go. There are citizens of places most people think suck that think where they live is the best in the world. Truth is, most people know the BS going on heir own country but they still have pride in where they're from because the whole world is just as messed up
Sure, I've known people who think America is the best around. Perfect nation untouched by evil. Those people were in their late 60s, 70s, and 80s. People who experienced a different America. Rarely do I actually meet people of younger generations that don't realize our country has its faults. And its not rare to find people who have pride in where they are from regardless.
You're free to rage about your perceptions. I have no place to say you're wrong. But I will tell you I have pride in being an American and won't shy away from admitting when we are wrong. Or at least when I think we are wrong.
Originally posted by gladtobehere
reply to post by lobotomizemecapin
Not the holy messiah?
The US government has led the World in crimes against humanity.
The only nation to actually use nuclear weapons and that on a civilian population, not once but twice.
The use of chemical weapons, agent orange and napalm on civilians, women and children.
Torture, false flag terrorism, the overthrow of entire nations, wars of aggression over lies...
One would have to be a mental patient to deny the US government's role in global terror.
Edit***
Just one example with regards to your last thread.
During the Nuremberg trials, one of the most severe charges against the Germans was their intentional bombardment of dams. Less than a decade later, the US employed the exact same tactic against the Koreans.
edit on 4-11-2012 by gladtobehere because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by dragnik
Originally posted by gladtobehere
reply to post by lobotomizemecapin
Not the holy messiah?
The US government has led the World in crimes against humanity.
The only nation to actually use nuclear weapons and that on a civilian population, not once but twice.
The use of chemical weapons, agent orange and napalm on civilians, women and children.
Torture, false flag terrorism, the overthrow of entire nations, wars of aggression over lies...
One would have to be a mental patient to deny the US government's role in global terror.
Edit***
Just one example with regards to your last thread.
During the Nuremberg trials, one of the most severe charges against the Germans was their intentional bombardment of dams. Less than a decade later, the US employed the exact same tactic against the Koreans.
edit on 4-11-2012 by gladtobehere because: (no reason given)
For 1945 bombing, sorry, the other side were nazis!
The Bombing of Dresden was a military attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city. The resulting firestorm destroyed fifteen square miles (39 square kilometres) of the city centre and caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties.[1]
Originally posted by lobotomizemecapin
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