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Originally posted by BigFish
Isn't it obvious that the U.S. and the U.N. are separate bodies already? This is the U.N.:
http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html
You put in your argument, in the same sentence, that 'we' the United States are responsible for the deaths. If 'we' had so much power over the U.N. then there would not be any discussion over IRAQ right now because it would have already been over. Why not tie that list to the deaths too instead of singling out the United States like the typical propagandist would do and has done.
The U.S. is not playing a dominance game. It just wants to get rid on one tyrant with war crimes history in the Middle East. Getting rid of a mental leader is not playing dominance (more propaganda). The U.S. has the military capabilities to take over Canada and Mexico at the same time, do you see the U.S. doing that? In the young history of the United States, when have we ever attacked another country just for the sake of conquering it?
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Some clarification: All I did was quote Madeleine Albright and her comment. I did NOT say that the US was responsible for the sanctions, I said WE the entire West is, or actually the UN but since that's mostly controlled by the West... Enough said
I myself am not from the USA so when I say "we" I generally mean the modern world / the west.
As for the dominance thing: Just one tyrant? Bush already mentioned Iran and hinted at another conflict! Hello, this is the third war he's hinting at in just 1 4 year election period... And it is the third Muslim nation that he's wanting to attack.
If you would visit the Middle East you'd get a good idea of the public opinion. People hate the USA because they fear it. They fear it because they have seen the counless acts of war that their allies have suffered. They feel as if they can be next.
At the moment, the leaders in the Middle East are very favorable to the USA. The ties with the US are pretty good, but the public opinion does not reflect that at all. It is a very unstable situation that has the potential of going bad very quickly. As for your last sentence, isn't that how the US was founded? ;) We might prefer to forget that, but if we're going to look at the bad sides of others, let's not forget our own