History. The lack of actions of others. Generally, we have been in the position of "guardian of the world" since we kicked back Nazi butt. The real test comes in not abusing this power and becoming to much like the despots that we kicked out of the countries they conquered. With great power comes great responsibility. And when we look back at our forefathers who exercised that power and responsibility, we have a lot to live up too.
a bad idea .really thats not good for USA if you all think like that. sure Usa has power.But that doesnt mean your the guardian.Remember Ottoman. It was the biggest one time .but what happened ? beeing so much big has came their end. that may be your end too as USA has so many cultural differncies.Just Care.
Will.Spencer What a crazy ideas you have.. But in the end you will see the truths Then you must shut up after the end of HostBank's posts. I want to see you in the hell babe when you re in the fire, it will be funny to see you there I advice you to have a refrigerator. Take care
Really? Would you care to quantify that? [URL="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles.asp?ArticleID=4356"]Natural Disasters? Blame America! [/URL] Jack Kinsella - Omega Letter Editor Thursday, January 06, 2005 There are over six billion people living on our planet. Of that six billion, almost two billion are Muslims. That's roughly a third of the total population of the earth. The earthquake that triggered the killer tsunami was centered just off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. It was also the most severely devastated by the wave. Nearly 100,000 of the victims of the December 26 catastrophe were Indonesian Muslims. The vast majority of the victims were either Muslims, Buddhists or Hindu. Now, to the United Nations. The United Nations consists of 186 countries. The most powerful voting bloc is the fifty-seven Islamic countries that generally vote with one voice, especially when the United States or Israel are voting the other way. The United Nations' head of humanitarian relief, Jan Egeland, criticized the West for being stingy. He didn't specifically mention America, but he cited the exact percentage of the US GDP that is budgeted for [B]foreign[/B] [B]aid[/B], so there is little doubt of who the 'stingy West' was, at least in Egeland's mind. Egeland slammed the United States for not raising taxes so that America could give a greater percentage of its GDP to the UN to distribute as part of the UN's [B]foreign[/B] [B]aid[/B] package. Editorials in the Washington Post, the New York Times and other liberal newspapers echoed Egeland's charge, with the New York Times calling America's $350 million in direct government [B]aid[/B] 'miserly'. The United States makes up some six percent of the world's total population, but we pay a quarter of the United Nation's total budget. The United States pays forty percent of the world's total disaster relief [B]aid[/B], and sixty percent of the world's total food donations. The $2.4 billion (that's BILLION) dollars Washington spent in emergency [B]aid[/B] in 2003 represented 40 percent of the total amount of emergency assistance from all bilateral donors provided that year. Evidently, that isn't enough. It didn't take long for these same liberal elitists to turn Mother Nature into an American right-wing hater of Islam. Not only had America's imperialistic self-enrichment policies created the natural disaster, but also cold-hearted Muslim hating President Bush wouldn't leave his ranch in Texas... which by the way, is his home -- not a vacation destination -- and only offered a 'stingy' initial monetary donation. While these elitist journalist were assailing President Bush and expounding the mantra that America should be giving more money to the devastated region in a token gesture that would 'show Islam that America didn't hate Muslims', UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was still on his vacation skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He returned to New York four days later. The wave struck on Sunday, and it took only until Tuesday before the US announced its $350 million in initial [B]aid[/B], sent the USS Abraham Lincoln into the region, including helicopters, and C-130 transport planes, sent hundreds of tons of pre-packaged emergency [B]aid[/B] supplies, and deployed some 14,000 American troops to help with the recovery and cleanup. In Indonesia, U.S. helicopters flew at least 30 sorties, delivering 60,000 pounds of water and supplies, from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln along a 120-mile stretch of Sumatra island's ravaged coastline. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the richest nations in the Islamic world, donated a paltry $10 million each. The United Arab Emirates donated some $20 million to relieve the suffering of their Islamic 'brothers'. Egypt's contribution at the time of this writing is $104,000.00. (Note: Egypt gets $2 BILLION in US [B]foreign[/B] [B]aid[/B] annually And did anybody notice that the majority of the private donations came from those evil corporate types the left so loves to loathe? Pfizer donated $10 million in cash and $25 million in drugs. (That is more than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Kuwait combined). General Motors pledged $2 million in cash, agreed to match employee donations dollar for dollar, and is sending vehicles to transport food and medical supplies to the region. Other corporate donors include Nike Inc., American Express, General Electric, First Data Corp., Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Exxon-Mobil, Citigroup, Marriott International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. On the other hand, where are all the Hollywood liberals? Activist actors such as Ben Affleck, Susan Sarandon, Al Franken, Tim Robbins, Martin Sheen, and Barbra Streisand have not been heard from. And where is George Soros, the world richest left wing liberal? Actress Sandra Bullock donated one million dollars, but Bullock is neither an activist nor a liberal. (She also donated one million following September 11.) Super-rich liberals like Bono and Bruce Springsteen are promising to hold another '[B]aid[/B] concert' to collect money (not theirs) for the victims. America, as noted at the outset, represents six percent of the global population. But in any catastrophe, it gets one hundred percent of the blame. The UN's nose is out of joint because the Bush administration refuses to funnel its [B]aid[/B] through the UN's various [B]aid[/B] agencies. Kofi Annan wants to use the catastrophe to shore up the UN's sagging image in the wake of the Oil-For-Food thefts from Iraq. The United States wants to ensure the [B]aid[/B] doesn't end up lining the pockets of UN officials. So the US is 'too stingy' and gets another black eye. Where is the rest of the Islamic world? There are fifty-seven Islamic nations, and the world's biggest Islamic nation is the one that took the hardest hit. But it is the United States -- the world's largest donor nation -- that is grabbing all the headlines for being 'stingy'. To put things in perspective, I saw a news photo yesterday of one of the Indonesian victims being assisted. He was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the face of Osama bin Laden. Code (markup):
Amen C4Supplements! I have a particular loathing for any organized religion....especially those that think they are the only "true" or "right" ones. That kind of thinking is why I utterly HATE organized religion! Religion has been the bane of humanity since it's conception. Leading a spiritual life is fine. There's a HUGE amount of difference between a spiritual life path and dogmatic, organized religion. I think organized religion should be eradicated from the planet. A couple of specific ones come to mind....
you dont believe in our words. I saw that you are a strict nationalist.no other thing. words havent been yet enough for you. lets try pics
I was born as HINDU, married JEWISH girl, my wife passed away 3 months before, since then i lost faith in all the religions
I have a particular loathing for any organized religion....especially those that think they are the only "true" or "right" ones. That kind of thinking is why I utterly HATE organized religion! Religion has been the bane of humanity since it's conception. Leading a spiritual life is fine. There's a HUGE amount of difference between a spiritual life path and dogmatic, organized religion. I think organized religion should be eradicated from the planet. A couple of specific ones come to mind.... By the way....I follow no religion. My path has always been to study all of these ideals and make my own conclusions. My personal opinion is that most of it is bullshit. Some of them have a few good points, things that should be basic common sense...but that seems to be lacking with these dogmatic zealots who are hell-bent for leather to force conversion on the entire world.
That's an odd statement. Do you have immediate plans for that, or are you just against all personal intellectual and emotional growth?
No religion for me. I believe wholeheartedly in evolution, not that some God created us and everything around us. Religion, IMO, is bull.
Are you? I'm not. Do you consider the death of civilization a game? I hear that you can win quickly just by strapping on a suicide vest and visiting any local establishment where alcohol is served. Tell me how your government is supporting Iran -- especially while they are building MBT's for the Israeli's. It means that Iran is going to play the nuclear blackmail game until we remove the threat by removing the crazy Iranian regime. Sorry, you and gworld are going to have to discuss that amongst yourselves. I don't play very many computer or console games. Hell, I had never heard of this game until you just mentioned it. Bahahahahaha... that's your most ridiculous statement yet. We don't need Turkey, we have the U.S. Navy. Ever heard of an aircraft carrier? You greatly misunderstand: 1. Turkey's commitment to Islamist violence. 2. Turkey's importance in the world. If you as a Muslim really cared about your Muslim brothers in Iran, you would go there yourself and work to save them from the Islamists who are oppressing them.
I'll ask you the same question. Do you have immediate plans for that, or are you just against all personal intellectual and emotional growth?
Spencer spencer. As i mentioned in my early posts I was never able to explain anything to my atheist classmate.the stiation is the same here. U dont even read the things written with heart completely,I think. Did I say turkey is the best? nope. Everyone is the best for themselves.but you just choose to say we are the best and no other. isnt that some kind of being self.. A war isnt something like that u bare in your mind.sure it isnt. But you have to bare sth also. if you will do anytihng good or bad in asia then you will need turkey .Why ? cos its a connection between multiple nations and religions. Navy is nothing without supporting it with other military forces. anyway u dont care what we think.also you dont respect.