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Originally posted by punkworld
You seem to be missing an important point: america claims moral superiority, but fails to back it up. When a country says "We know what's best for the world, and even if the rest of the world doesn't agree with it, we will do it regardless", while at the same time that country supports dictators, refuses to use the same standards for itself as it does for others, and consistently shows huge errors in judgement (like giving weapons to Saddam and the Taliban), as well as a lack of willingness to act positively towards the rest of the world, it doesn't exactly create an environment of trust.
Imagine a person who says he knows what's best for you, and constantly tells you which things you should do. Now, this person keeps on telling you stuff that only leads to failure and disaster, and aside from that, he refuses to not smoke in your house, refuses to stop harassing your wife, and every once in a while punches you in the face.
Now, will you continue trusting this person, or will you eventually tell him to fuck off?
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"america claims moral superiority" Would you expect the government to claim other wise? America is not a knight in shining armor. America does as it has always done, as all countries do, and that is, it does what it perceives to be in its best interests. Very simple principle to understand.
"Now, will you continue trusting this person, or will you eventually tell him to fuck off?" Any nation that tells America to fuck off, does it at their peril as there will be a price to pay, either economic or if push came to shove, a military price. Very simple principle to understand.