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Originally Posted by wholeon  "American" is not a race....It's a nationality. |
Exactly what I was going to say.
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Originally Posted by LuklaAdvocate Way to hate a country due to the mistakes of a few soldiers. Sure makes you sound like a charmer...
Welcome to war; nobody said it was pretty, and nobody said mistakes aren't going to happen. |
I agree; it really is unfair to pin the mistakes of a few on the all American soldiers present in the Middle East.
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Originally Posted by Strawberryshortcake I'm American and I totally agree. the US seems to get themselves into every war possible and stick their noses in every one else's business. |
It may seem like we do stick our noses into everyone's business, but we are a major superpower in the world. A lot of people will look to us and say, "What the hell are you going to do about this? We need your help!"
I also address this fact below...
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Originally Posted by Sasha Vassily If it a conflict has absolutely nothing to do with United States, they will not be criticised no matter what. It is infantile of Amercans to think that they will be blamed for something they had nothing to do with.
Well, to be frank, Americans (in general) are stupid even if when they are top rank military officers. They know little to nothing about the world and the average adult American has less political awareness than a 9-year-old schoolkid in Bologna. The combat troops in American military are little more than brain-dead killing machines and the military units in US have no politically aware personnell as aides or mentors. Hence 'friendly fires', as they happen in Iraq/Afghan Wars are nothing uncommon, considering the average American soldier believes that anything that does not wear the stars and stripes is 'enemy'. The best way the British forces would be able to avoid American 'friendly fires' would be to swallow their patriotism and use US military/political insigna for their troops and vehicles.
NB: If Americans want to argue any of my above points, please do so like civilised humans - sans abuses, swearwords and personal attacks. I am hopeful that with a little effort, even Americans can have a reasonable and civil discussion.  |
Americans aren't necessarily blamed for things that they didn't cause, but we are blamed for not taking initiative to help other countries. Do you recall the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s? People were asking, "Where is the United States? Why aren't they helping?" We were running scared because of what happened to American soldiers in Somalia a few years before.
So, Americans are stupid because many of us are politically unaware? That's not stupidity; it's being politically unaware. There are many people who are smart human beings, but are not up on everything that goes on in the world. It really is unfair for you to deem Americans, "in general," as stupid because some of us don't know all the in's and out's of the world system.
I don't know where you get this profile of the American soldier as a "brain-dead killing machine," but that is a completely ridiculous assumption to make. What proof do you have that the "average American soldier" believes that everyone who is not an American is an enemy? You are making statements that you cannot back up with factual proof.