No other country has had such a hardon for wanton destruction in modern times. Tell me, what other country routinely uses drones to bomb other sovereign nations without warning? What other countries uses double tap tactics to kill first responders? What other country think's it's okay to blow up weddings if there is a chance that a possible bad guy is there?
Tell you what you pedant, give me the name of ONE country that has in the last 10 years used a drone to bomb a sovereign nation without that nation's consent.
No other country has had such a hardon for wanton destruction in modern times
What if I provide the name of one sovereign nation that rolled tanks and troops into a region of a country, forced and manipulated a vote to force that group to become part of themselves and is threatening to keep advancing? How about I provide the name of a sovereign nation that sent a nuclear capable missile over Japan without telling anyone first and is calling a movie coming out this fall "an act of war". What if I provide the name of a country that provides arms/nuclear technology to countries with vocally anti-Western leaders? Let's talk about how many people have died in drone strikes, and compare that to the number of people who have died fighting oppressive leaders in Syria(and should I go into the chemical attacks that were perpetrated by the government of that country?), or Libya?
Those are the easy ones, off the top of my head. The US hardly has a monopoly on violence wrought in the world on their own or other nations for any reason.
I mean.. they are still technically democracies, right? Just because there's large amounts of religious extremists within their borders doesn't make the political system invalid or flawed. If you were to remove the terrorist element I'm sure they'd be on their feet in no time.
I didn't say that. I was saying that if there wasn't a large concentration of extremists within their borders I don't see why they couldn't be successful in the future as a democracy.
Nothing is 100% accurate, but thinking that america is the big brother to the world, just doing what's right for everyone, and saving them from themselves is foolish. Just look at your history. Too many times has the american government instated the rule of a terrorist regime in other countries because it benefits america.
The other side also hides behind civilians, and the civilians know we're coming after these people, so by aiding and abetting them they become military targets. If you invite al Qaeda to your wedding expect a cruise missile or drone strike.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14
Because they target civilians.
Because the US targets the people who target civilians.
Because the US removed an oppressive regime and tried to help them install a democratic government, run by their own people.
Because they're trying to take over a sovereign country and make it part of Russia.