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Originally Posted by lostalex

I love that list. and also notice how since ww2, the world has been more peaceful than any other time in history. thanks to who? the USA.

Let's compare to the wars going on BEFORE the USA became a superpower and stepped onto the world stage, and after.

There is a clear pattern. Life expectancies, access to medicine, democracy, has all INCREASED exponentially since the USA became world leaders. there's no disputing that.

There is absolutely ZERO doubt that since the USA became the strongest country in the world, the world has become a better place, a more peaceful place, a more prosperous place.

You would be speaking Russian and have a statue of Stalin in the middle of your town right now if it weren't for the USA.

Tell that to the continent of Africa, or the countries of central Asia, or South East Asia or in poverty stricken eastern Europe. Life became better for the USA and any country that chose to cooperate with the USA when the USA became world leader. The world has not become more peaceful since WWII ended. The world hasn't seen any conflicts on the scale of WWII, but there have been plenty of conflicts, many of which are still on-going; and the USA is always right there in the thick of it defending its own interests. The improvements in medical care, science and technology are a result of a combination of factors, and not just "because the USA exists", that's extremely egotistical and simplistic. Have all of the world's great modern inventions come from the USA? No, they have not. Not by a long shot.

I could have been speaking German and have a statue of Hitler in the middle of my town if it weren't for the USSR. Or I could have been speaking French. "USA the great defender" is only a position assumed because the USA chooses to treat its spheres of influence in a positive way. Yet the USA also spies on its allies, reaps millions, billions, in repaid debts (e.g. World War II repatriations between the UK and the USA only ended relatively recently) and it's only because the USA uses terms like "special relationship" that there's a positive spin on these alliances.

Drone striking Pakistan with absolutely no warning is an act of terrorism. Bombing another country's territory. If Pakistan bombed the USA unannounced, the USA would be up in arms, literally, guns blazing and the Marines and Team 'Murca would be storming in there shooting all the terrorists and declaring it the United States of Pakistan. Why is it somehow an exception for the USA to do this to Pakistani territory? Tell me that. Don't tell me about how great a country the USA is and how crap the rest of the world is, tell me why the USA does things like this. Is the answer because the USA has its own agenda and it doesn't really give a **** about democracy as such, all it really cares about is being #1 and keeping Iran, China, Russia and any other major power from usurping its position? That's what I see. It's what I see any time I read the news and hear about the USA's military being involved in yet another conflict.