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Originally posted by Frankidealist35
And before not so long ago, before this financial mess Europe was using us for all we had. They rely on us for money just to stay sovereign. Europe fails in more ways than one. They also rely on our help for foreign policy matters and they drag us into their issues. I wish someone would invoke the Monroe doctrine in this day and age. It would benefit everyone.
They wouldn't be able to have the EU if it weren't for our accomplishments
You are aware, of course, that the UN was a US idea.
Through the UN, the US forced the European powers, especially the UK, to give up their Empires, which in turn bred a great deal of instability throughout the world which the USA and the USSR exploited to further their own political ends. The USA still meddles in third wolrd nations in order to advance your "national interests".
And when did Europe "pressure" the US into dealing with Iraq? Much of western Europe, bar the UK, was opposed to the War and the Eastern nations fell into line through promises of aid, trade and other sweeteners.
I don;t think europeans think Americans are stupid, but you don't do yourselves any favours when things like 10% of Americans cannot find America on a map, or when you elect a complete numb nut into the Highest office in your land.
They wouldn't be able to have the EU if it weren't for our accomplishments
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
I didn't mean to sound bigoted in my post, I'm just saying, that Europe does drag us into a lot of conflicts.
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
reply to post by stumason
It's because of our membership in the UN that we are bossed around by the EU and the nations of Europe. If we weren't in the UN in the first place we would have more freedom with how we deal with our foreign policy. Not that I have anything against Europe, but, it just seems we get dragged into a lot of conflicts, that make us unpopular, like, with how Europeans first pressured us to deal with Iraq, and for a long time, we were unpopular because of it. You would think people in Europe are more rational than the people here but they are more bigoted than us, they think we're stupid, and, they think they can push us around. They rely on our economy for their survival. They wouldn't be able to have the EU if it weren't for our accomplishments. We achieved our independence so we wouldn't be pushed around by Europeans, but, now it seems like they are making us dependent on them once again through diplomatic means.
Originally posted by Frankidealist35
And before not so long ago, before this financial mess Europe was using us for all we had. They rely on us for money just to stay sovereign.
They wouldn't be able to have the EU if it weren't for our accomplishments
I didn't mean to sound bigoted in my post, I'm just saying, that Europe does drag us into a lot of conflicts.
Since when did the Europeans pressure America into DEALING with Iraq? As far as I know, those U.N nuclear inspectors who went in to Iraq never found any evidence of weapons of mass destruction, the Bush administration concocted their own crap evidence. So why did the U.S invade Iraq? and if it really was for the elimination of the past regime(Saddam Hussein) then how come U.S forces are still in Iraq even though that task has been accomplished?
The way it stands now is that while they may have not had Nuclear Weapons their current situation is like the one in Iran right now. They don’t have nuclear weapons but they were in the process of getting them, and, we went there to prevent them from getting them. Now, why was the UN against going to war with Iraq, if they were under suspicion of having the potential for nuclear weapons?