Quote From: liatsunami And "spreading democracy" is nessecarily a good thing? Just so you know I have a background in international affairs, and have taken classes in foreign policy analysis, political theory, and international law and relations as well as world history and cross-cultural understanding. So I have the education to back up my critic of the way Americans tend to handle themselves abroad, and the problems that the spread of "American culture" has caused. Allowing countries to develop a political and social system that works for them on their own is much more successful rather than imposing the US system on them or expecting them to use the US as a model is not a good idea at all. I am aware this worked in Japan post WWII, but even then the model still needed modifications. That is only ONE successful example and can hardly be used to demonstrate ":success" on a large scale.
Just because the US is not the "only" country that would like to have its will enforced abroad does NOT in any way, shape or form make it RIGHT.
As far as terrrorism goes I highly doubt that many people have the basis for an understanding of why terrorists do the things that they do. So let me school you a bit. That they are trying to "gain world power" is simply not true. That is not the agenda of most terrorist organizations. Most often these groups are simply trying to gain some for of publicity by doing these actions in order to promote a political or social agenda. In fact a lot of these groups are people who are frustrated and relatively powerless, they can not promote change through traditional means so they turn to terrorism. That's just ONE theory, though they all follow some of the same lines.
You don't have either the need nor the right to "school" me in anything. I'm plenty "schooled" as it is. The spread of democracy to countries that constantly ask for our aid may not be "right" or "wrong" but it's no where near trying to take over the world, which was my point. Even if terrorists do use their irrational and extremists actions to "promote a political or social agenda," there doesn't seem to be much difference to me then trying to spread their rhetoric and use it to infect other terrorist cells and countries and organizations and governments.
So what is the difference between what they do and what America does? America doesn't use extremist or terrorist actions, for one thing, and we don't use those actions in countries that don't require nearly constant aid from us (Austrailia, the Netherlands, countries that are maintaining their own society and politics successfully).
You tone is not only highly presumptous and rude, but arrogant as well. You can't judge the basis of what I know or don't know on one reply to one message in which I state a partial bit of my beliefs or knowledge to prove a point.
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