Guys, if France was protecting its interests, so whut? Are they just supposed to sit by and watch their finances go to hell?
(Also, whut makes it so different when the US protects its interests?)
Gunk
Two wrongs don't make a right. Also, the war was supposed to be about WoMD, not freeing anyone, right?
I thought he was comparing Russia and America, as in: Russia is to Chechnya as America is to Iraq.
Is this all? We're the biggest nation. Our sphere of influence is greater than all the others and it's only natural we are going to come under more criticism.
Like I said, we're protecting our interests, it's only fair we let France protect its interests too.
You must live such a nice life around your intellectual, ideologically similiar friends. Lemme tell you whut: "real Americans" either don't care or eat three squares of Media a day. People like Sava and you, people intelligent enough to make discussion about topics on a higher scale than sports or movies, are a lot harder to come by than you think.
(Also, whut makes it so different when the US protects its interests?)
Gunk
Saddam = War, death and destruction.
Comparing Russia and Iraq is apples and oranges
The thing that is very frustrating as an American is that we are d@mned no matter how we act. When we supported dictatorships during the cold war, we were dumped on for being so short sighted in protecting our interests. But when France does the very same thing and we call them out year and year and then finally step in to rid of the world of a cruel and evil man - well, that apparently is bad too.
Well, #1 we really don't care what's going on in Africa and #2 practicality demands that we not enter EVERY war so we pick the ones that coincide with our interests. And #3 there's still the VietNam thing to consider: it ain't our business so let's stay out of it if we can.
And except for one or two rednecks, I doubt you'll find any real Americans who are so ignorant as to hate an entire people.
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