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  jovial8 months, 1 week ago

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  As much as Europeans and others criticize the United States, we are the last and best hope for World Order. As we plod through history our every move affects the world more significantly than any other nation. It is in the interest of most nations to see us succeed, although sometimes they won't readily admit it.

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  Pecossam8 months, 1 week ago

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  jovial,
  
  As far as Europe is concerned, the United States would easily be out of debt, with much to spare, if America was to reestablish the forgiven war debts of World Wars I and II (with interest, of course). Add to that the expenditures of America (administered by that unappreciated engineer and Quaker, Herbert Hoover) when we fed a starving post-World War I Germany in the 1920s. Then add to that what the Marshall plan cost the United States to re-build a war-shattered, post-World War II Europe. Add to that the cost of the Cold War, for decades on end, while these NAGGING countries more or less sat back and let the U.S. bear the brunt of expenditures to protect their collective butts from the U.S.S.R. and her Warsaw Pact Nations. And these country's leaders have the NERVE to chastise the United States for over spending? Would they have preferred that we followed President's Washington's sage advice and "...avoid foreign entanglements."? And now that we are down, all they can do is kick U.S.?! THE INGRATITUDE!!!

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      NoWayMan8 months, 1 week ago

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      "Bush fought terrorism as best he could."
      
      well, Bush's best simply wasn't good enough.
      
      especially if his "best" included...
      
      ...ignoring every and all warnings from the previous administration as well as other high ranking security officials from both sides of the aisle. I believe the title of the memo was "bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States"
      
      ...things like quietly removing funding from bomb detection R
      
      ...invading Iraq which in turn created a power vacuum in the region (that Iran happily filled, btw).
      
      and the cold, hard FACT is, more American civilians died at the hands of terrorists under Bush than under any other President in our history.
      
      so...again, Bush's best simply wasn't good enough.

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