How Americans want to view this country in the world...
"But if we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation. We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future, and we see the danger here to all of us."
- Secretary of State Madeline Albright, 2/19/98
"America is not exceptional because it has long attempted to be a force for good in the world, it tries to be a force for good because it is exceptional."
- Peggy Noonan
How the rest of the world views America, for good reasons...
Dated, but oh so true...
“We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us... No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we’ll kill you.
Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn’t vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today - and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever.
Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us - they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. F*ck them.”
- Hunter S. Thompson
The US is one past due for a break. Let Europe deal with Europe. Let the rest of the world solve their own problems. End foreign aid, beef up the defensive elements of our military and close the borders. Round uptake recent invaders and send them packing.
ReplyDeleteLet ten or twenty years pass and see who wants us to be the worlds cop again. Structure a fee chart for our help. Make it expensive.