the thing is, the only reason why those communist nations have gone against us, is because we were so goddam crazy about not letting communism go. Cuba got mad at us because of Bay of Pigs, Vietnam was actually with us at the beginning until we showed our views of not wanting to let Communism come. The only reason this is all happening is because the United States is interfering the wrong way with other nations. We should not care about how other governments work.
And about Iraq: I told you in my previous post that the Max I saw was 5000 Kurds. Now i saw this article about 100K. I am 100% America did not interfere in Iraq solely because of the massacre of 100,000 Kurds. I seriously hope that they didn't, because then that would mean there is seriuosly something wrong with America. When the Rwandan Genocide occured, who came to help? 1,000,000 people died there. When Black July occured and 1 million people were displaced, who came to help then? Not America. When 300,000 people from Darfur had died in the past 10 years, who came to help ? Not the Americans. Then somebody can clearly deduce that there is somethign wrong if we are going to a country with 100,000 deaths, instead of other countries with a higher death toll. I sure hope it's not racism.... I doubt the American Government went there solely for the purpose of to help... I repeat, 100000 Kurds is a lot of people, yet compared to the other crazy 3rd world countries in this world, it is nothing. If we really were so "good hearted" and etc. then we would certainly be interfering in Darfur and other countries with problems before Iraq. So, clearly, we can only deduce that Iraq must have something else in it for us..... Could it be... Oil??
And China was initially against us because we were trying to interfere in Asia too much. If you really look it up, it had nothing to do with the Soviets. China and the Soviets were not close allies even though they were both Communist and are located right next to each other.
It's almost like the Monroe Doctrine. We are certainly not happy, when another European power tries to interfere in South America. Why can't we understand the other countries similar problems? China wouldn't want us interfering, and that's why they hate us.
All because of the wrong kind of interference...
Our greatest enemy was the Soviet Union for forty five years. That was our greatest enemy. You cannot deny that. The Union of Soviet Socialist Russia was our enemy. Now, let us put into perspective first and foremost. Say the United States was sitting around, playing isolationists like we had attempted to do in WWI and like we had attempted to do in WWII. Assume we did that. Now, Russia is playing around and selling weapons to Vietnam, Korea, China (like I said, look at the weapons they use), Thailand, Bangladesh, etc, etc. Let's assume...Now, one day, Russia decides that they want to conquer us. It is bound to happen; you're building up all these weapons in the cold war, you want to expand. So, now the Soviet Union has all these allies, because I hate to break it to you, but China was backed, Korea was backed, Vietnam was backed. They were all backed by the Soviet Union. That's why we gave weapons to Iraq: to fight Iran, a nation that was supplied by the Soviet Union. You must understand, the spread of Communism would have given Russia more power. More power = more ability to destroy us. I'm sorry, but the United States of America did the right thing in preventing, like John said, the Domino Effect. We went into Vietnam to prevent that Domino Effect. It was the same reason that the United Nations sent all of us into Korea: to prevent the spread of communism.
Now please, re-read my post. No where does it say only five thousand individuals. It says over 100,000 individuals. One hundred thousand. That's twenty times more than five thousand. AND, he used Weapons of Mass Destruction, the gas bombs that he had dropped on all those villages. But, let's move on from there and let's look at Iraqi history. In the 1980s, we helped him fight against Iran. We didn't want the spread of communism, like I said above. Then in 1990, Saddam Hussein decided he was going to invade Kuwait. He invaded a nation rich in oil. Really rich. He invaded a nation rich in oil that the United States of America needed. So, in 1991, we went in and we slapped him around and he lost. But, let's play around with a hypothetical. Let's assume that we did not go in. Saddam might have then spread and conquered Saudi Arabia and continued down that entire peninsula. He had the FIFTH largest military at the time; there was little stopping his expansion. Then in the late 1990s, the United States bombed him because he was breaking the rules that NATO had determined was fair. Basically, he has been the guy you throw in jail, he gets out saying he'll be good, and then gets thrown back in. (Because you edited, I need to add a bit more) Everyone is so angry because we went to war over Oil. Even if the ONLY reason we went to war was because of oil, let me ask you a question: what kind of car do your parents drive? What kind of car do your friends drive? What kind of car does your family drive? Any of them drive SUVs? Any of them drive big trucks? Do you heat your house with oil? We are a nation that is run on black gold and if another nation is threatening it, I feel we should go in and ensure our national security is okay. If we don't have oil, our tanks don't run, our planes don't run, nothing runs. How can we protect ourselves without that?
Now, here is the final thing...If you look up the Korean War, you will see that there were three nations in the war. The first was Korea, the second was China, and the third was the Soviet Union. They were the three allies that fought against the United Nation's sanctioned war on North Korea to prevent the spread of communism. China jumped in to protect their interests because their interests were the spread of communism just as much as the Soviet Union's interests. That was why the Soviet Union jumped in: if Korea did not become communistic, it would have been one nation that was not Communistic that could, with the help of America, invade the Soviet Union or China, both communist nations. The communists (a lot of Asia) was against the Capitalists (a lot of Western Europe and America). So, tell me...If a nation was anti-American, wouldn't you feel like we should go in?
Now, the final point I will make is your mention of the Monroe Doctrine. It states that Europe is no longer allowed to hold claims to land in South America (which they still do). America was not going in and conquering nations. We did not conquer South Korea, did we? No. We went in, we prevented the spread of Communism, and then we got out. The same would have been for Vietnam. We go in, help the South Vietnamese fight off the Communists and then we would get out. Their nation requested our help. They asked us to come in and help them fight off the Communists. Aid was requested. Once again, why shouldn't we go in and help them? The French helped us in the Revolutionary War. Why shouldn't we, in return, help another nation in need? Are we so selfish that we can request help but never actually give it?
Jacob Wrote:Our greatest enemy was the Soviet Union for forty five years. That was our greatest enemy. You cannot deny that. The Union of Soviet Socialist Russia was our enemy. Now, let us put into perspective first and foremost. Say the United States was sitting around, playing isolationists like we had attempted to do in WWI and like we had attempted to do in WWII. Assume we did that. Now, Russia is playing around and selling weapons to Vietnam, Korea, China (like I said, look at the weapons they use), Thailand, Bangladesh, etc, etc. Let's assume...Now, one day, Russia decides that they want to conquer us. It is bound to happen; you're building up all these weapons in the cold war, you want to expand. So, now the Soviet Union has all these allies, because I hate to break it to you, but China was backed, Korea was backed, Vietnam was backed. They were all backed by the Soviet Union. That's why we gave weapons to Iraq: to fight Iran, a nation that was supplied by the Soviet Union. You must understand, the spread of Communism would have given Russia more power. More power = more ability to destroy us. I'm sorry, but the United States of America did the right thing in preventing, like John said, the Domino Effect. We went into Vietnam to prevent that Domino Effect. It was the same reason that the United Nations sent all of us into Korea: to prevent the spread of communism.
Now please, re-read my post. No where does it say only five thousand individuals. It says over 100,000 individuals. One hundred thousand. That's twenty times more than five thousand. AND, he used Weapons of Mass Destruction, the gas bombs that he had dropped on all those villages. But, let's move on from there and let's look at Iraqi history. In the 1980s, we helped him fight against Iran. We didn't want the spread of communism, like I said above. Then in 1990, Saddam Hussein decided he was going to invade Kuwait. He invaded a nation rich in oil. Really rich. He invaded a nation rich in oil that the United States of America needed. So, in 1991, we went in and we slapped him around and he lost. But, let's play around with a hypothetical. Let's assume that we did not go in. Saddam might have then spread and conquered Saudi Arabia and continued down that entire peninsula. He had the FIFTH largest military at the time; there was little stopping his expansion. Then in the late 1990s, the United States bombed him because he was breaking the rules that NATO had determined was fair. Basically, he has been the guy you throw in jail, he gets out saying he'll be good, and then gets thrown back in. (Because you edited, I need to add a bit more) Everyone is so angry because we went to war over Oil. Even if the ONLY reason we went to war was because of oil, let me ask you a question: what kind of car do your parents drive? What kind of car do your friends drive? What kind of car does your family drive? Any of them drive SUVs? Any of them drive big trucks? Do you heat your house with oil? We are a nation that is run on black gold and if another nation is threatening it, I feel we should go in and ensure our national security is okay. If we don't have oil, our tanks don't run, our planes don't run, nothing runs. How can we protect ourselves without that?
Now, here is the final thing...If you look up the Korean War, you will see that there were three nations in the war. The first was Korea, the second was China, and the third was the Soviet Union. They were the three allies that fought against the United Nation's sanctioned war on North Korea to prevent the spread of communism. China jumped in to protect their interests because their interests were the spread of communism just as much as the Soviet Union's interests. That was why the Soviet Union jumped in: if Korea did not become communistic, it would have been one nation that was not Communistic that could, with the help of America, invade the Soviet Union or China, both communist nations. The communists (a lot of Asia) was against the Capitalists (a lot of Western Europe and America). So, tell me...If a nation was anti-American, wouldn't you feel like we should go in?
Now, the final point I will make is your mention of the Monroe Doctrine. It states that Europe is no longer allowed to hold claims to land in South America (which they still do). America was not going in and conquering nations. We did not conquer South Korea, did we? No. We went in, we prevented the spread of Communism, and then we got out. The same would have been for Vietnam. We go in, help the South Vietnamese fight off the Communists and then we would get out. Their nation requested our help. They asked us to come in and help them fight off the Communists. Aid was requested. Once again, why shouldn't we go in and help them? The French helped us in the Revolutionary War. Why shouldn't we, in return, help another nation in need? Are we so selfish that we can request help but never actually give it?
Alright, so we help the French, because they’re our friend? We are the most powerful nation in this world. “With great power, comes great responsibility”. This does not mean that we do what our friends want. If your friend wants to hurt somebody, will you help him because he is your friend. We need to do the right thing and become either neutral or helping the Vietnamese. Think about it, America should know the most since we were once a colony ourselves. Why would we do such a thing like that? That would make us hypocrites.
And about the Monroe Doctrine, there was something to it (I think maybe the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine) that said Europe couldn’t interfere in the Economical Issues of South America. And that is just like Asia.
And of course Russia was building Arms and giving them away. We were too. It’s not called the Arms Race for nothing. We don’t really need to get involved in a war if weapons are being sold. I mean, we could just sell our arms to them too. And just cause the Russians played dirty and got involved, doesn’t mean we had, too. I repeat, a war will never be won if it was unpopular. We lost anyways, so what the hell? None of my families drive SUV. I’m sorry if we haven’t really completed the American Dream… but oh well. We don’t have oil. Ok, big deal. Did you know, that there are many people in this world that have come up with inventions of Cars running only on water? Did you know that each one of them had been silenced by the Oil Companies? When we take out our Oil, these people might be able to come up again. And anyways, it’s not like we’ll die without oil. Anyways, I don’t see other nations going to war with Iraq for oil. I mean, you’d think that they’d be complaining too…. I also repeat, 100,000 is nothing compared with other atrocities that are still happening!
And if a country is Anti-American, so what? It’s not like we’re perfect and every single country has to like us. I mean, look, we try to change the Anti-Americans and what ends up happening is we get more Anti Americans.
We did not step into Vietnam because the French got obliterated. What you must understand is that we didn't step in to help the French; we stepped in because the South Vietnamese requested our help. They requested the aid of the United States. The North Vietnamese wanted to be communist. The South Vietnamese did not. If that's the case, how did we do something wrong? It was not the French that requested our aid. The French were gone by the time we went in. It was the South Vietnamese who were being invaded by the North Vietnamese. If America was invaded, would you not want the help of other nations to ensure that did not become something we did not want? They requested our help so we went in. And rather than accepting the fact that we had gone in to help them, the Hippy People of America only wanted peace. With great power comes great responsibility. This is true. And we went in and we did the responsible thing to try and help a nation in need. Sure, it benefited us, but we still did it.
Now, let's look at your mention of 100,000 people not being all that many, because I dare to say I disagree. Any genocide should be fought over. One hundred thousand people, ten thousand people, one million people, one hundred people. If they are being systematically murdered because of their beliefs, their heritage, their looks, or anything along those lines, they should be protected. It is our OBLIGATION as a powerful nation to prevent it. Now, I agree with you; we should go into those other third world countries and prevent this. We should and I wish that we would. However, consider it like this: we went into Iraq and we took out a dictator to whom was known to kill his own people, send [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/18/newsid_4588000/4588486.stm]SCUDS into Israel[/url] and conquered nations around him. Sure, there were no weapons of mass destruction that were found other than a single gas canister (which, by the way, is a weapon of mass destruction). However, as you can see, he was a danger to national security. So we took him out. Good move in my opinion.
The car idea that you're referring to isn't a car run on water. The car idea is that it will produce water as a byproduct. It's a hydrogen car. The only problem is that hydrogen is an extremely small element. So, it can squeeze through a lot of material and it is highly explosive. So, they need to figure out a way to make that work. If you drive a car AT ALL, you are feeding in to the oil market. Why not buy a hybrid? Because people don't want one. The only reason why people did buy hybrids is because the government was giving them MONEY for buying the hybrids. The same government that goes to war over oil was giving money to their citizens for using a car that doesn't require as much oil. It seems pretty interesting, don't you think?
Finally, look at our history. We helped Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and voila, they attack us. We helped Iran in the Iran/Iraq war and voila, they hate us. We barely help Israel and they are our greatest ally. Why is that? Why is it a nation that we barely help holds us in such great regard when we help all these other groups and they don't like us? Russia played dirty, but there is nothing fair about war. Honor is gone...We need to win the war. The war is unpopular because people just don't care anymore. No one has any respect for their soldiers. That's why I say if every individual had to serve in the military and they really understood what it was like to be a free person, they would respect the military and they would respect what happens. Keep in mind one thing...The news is out to make money. The war in Iraq is A LOT different than what the news says. I have friends who are there and they tell me how the war is not as bad as the news says, and that a lot of the people there are GLAD that they are there; they hated Saddam Hussein. Did we not provide them freedom? Are we not fighting for their freedom like France fought for ours?
We stepped in to help the French, not to help South Vietnam. At the time, there was no south and north. It was all of Vietnam looking for independence. Then only did it get divided. And it is not an “invasion” like you said it. It is called a civil war. When America had a civil war, no country interfered, and we get on with our own problems. And going into Vietnam was not the “responsible thing”. If you think about it, we put in puppet leaders for South Vietnam who were horrible and killed many Buddhists. I am sure that at the time, when more than 80% of Vietnam was Buddhist, most of the South Vietnamese were not very happy with the Americans.
And the taking out of Saddam Hussein wasn’t a bad thing, just a waste of time. Genocide is very bad indeed, but our priority should be with those places with it’s most devastating effects. We can save lets say 1000 people in Iraq, but could be saving 10 times as much in another country. And for National Security, they’re not really much of a threat compared to other countries like north Korea. And Conquering Land happens all the time, and nobody does anything about it. Take the land of Israel for example. Taken away from the Palestinians and given to the Jews. America didn’t do anything when that happened…. But anyways, it should be a good move to go into Iraq, kill innocent people, just for a small gas canister…… which was very dangerous to the American National Security….
And the car I am talking about it run on water. Water goes in, it’s converted to gas (sort of in hydrogen form [more like steam]) and the car runs. I read this thing where the guy went 100 miles on 4 ounces of water.
I have heard the quote “All’s fair in Love and War” and I do believe it. But a nation needs to be honorable nonetheless. So what if they backstab us? Don’t offer help again and list them as our enemies. All problems in the Middle East can be traced down to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. And fighting for Freedom? LOL, watch and see if we are going to win this war… some might say we already won the war, but we are never going to get them to get a new government. We will be chased out. The people there already hate us, the neighboring countries already hate us. You tell me if there really is a democracy there. There’s a little story that’s supposed to be funny where an outsider comes back into Iraq and goes to the voting places. He sees everybody in one line for a certain person, and nobody in the other line. He thinks why isn’t anybody on the other line and goes towards it. Then the bomb explodes. All those terrorist groups will either kill the people who vote for the other person, or the person that is running for president himself. This Talabani guy won’t last. For one thing, he’s a Kurd in Iraq and based on what happened there, it doesn’t look like the kurds are very popular….. There will be more conflicts in Iraq in the future…
I hate to break it to you, but we went in ten years after the French were getting messed up. We did not go in to help the French, we went in to deny the expansion of Communism. Now, we can continue to go back and forth on this, but if you look and time and dates, you will see what I am referring to. If you read this [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina]article[/url] about French Indochina (Vietnam), you will see that France got out of Vietnam in 1954. It was only AFTER France had given up on Vietnam did the United States get involved. If you continue reading, you will see that Vietnam, like North Korea, was divided. And the North (although they called themselves the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) was backed by the Soviet Union while in the South, the State of Vietnam, was backed by the United States. It was not until France had left the nation did the United States get involved. And even then, we did not really start militarizing there for a few years after that. All we wanted to do was aid the South in preventing a Communist spread. That was it. The South did not want to have a Communist government and America aided them. As for this South Vietnam puppet leaders who killed many Buddhists: I would like to see some references to this information because how could we put puppet leaders in if we lost that war? It might have been the Communists that did it, but I seriously doubt it was the S. Vietnamese.
Now, you say that it was a waste of time taking out Hussein. No, it wasn't of time. He was an enemy of ours. He was a sworn of ours. There was a reason why we had gone to war in 1991. We wanted to prevent his expansion because he was our enemy. He sent Scuds into Israel who was our ALLY. They have always been our ally and they have aided us in the fight against Iraq in this war. Now, you continue to bring up how this entire war is all about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Let us look into the history of Israel. Before there was Islam, there was Christianity and Judaism. Before there was Christianity, there was Judaism. Now, all three call the place their 'Holy Land.' However, if Judaism came first, does that not mean that it was their land first? Then the Romans came in and conquered it and TOOK it from the Jews. Now, I highly recommend this book about the [url=http://www.amazon.com/Caesars-Legion-Julius-Elite-Armies/dp/0471095702]Tenth Legion[/url] because it talks about how Jews were the strong power in Israel at the time.
So, let's fast forward many years to when the Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Arabs and Israel became an Arab land. Now, let's fast forward even more to where Britain conquered Palestine. Britain took it over and held it until it was decided that the Jews needed a land. So, they gave the Jews a very tiny piece of land. Took it away from the Palestinians? I don't think so. The Jews would have shared. On the day of them getting their Independence, they were surrounded by all these nations all going to war against them. And they won. Then they were attacked AGAIN. And they won. A religion that is considered the Father of Islam and Christianity was the enemy suddenly in this area. There was no reason for these constant attacks, yet it happened. Here is how I see it: the reason this is happening is because of HATE. Now, I am not a racist nor do I feel that Muslim people are any less superior than any other religion. However, from what I have observed, there is a lot of hate in that religion and that is why there is still so much war.
I do not consider all of this hate towards America because of this Israeli/Palestinian conflict. People say Israel is so horrible, yet you don't see any of their children strapping bombs to their chest and blowing themselves up. Perhaps I am biased because I am a Jew; however, there is no reason why the two religions cannot SHARE. Why can't they share that land? Why does it have to be ONE RELIGION'S LAND? And even then, why does it have to be a RELIGION'S land? Why can't it be a human land? If the Arabs hate us because we did not argue against the Jews being relocated to a land that they had lost two thousand years ago, then I hate to say it, but I am proud to be an American because of that. The Jews had been persecuted tremendously in Europe and this was their chance to finally have a safe haven, and yet they STILL go to war and they STILL fight for their safety. And they are the most patriotic individuals I have ever met. And you know the best part? The Israelis I met would be the first to stand up for a Palestinian. It is the radicals in every religion that makes this world difficult to live in. Jews have it, Muslims have it, and Christians have it. War happens. And I am a firm believer that we should stand by and RESPECT and HONOR our soldiers that are fighting for the same independence we would fight for. Iraqi people were not safe in Iraq and I am very glad to be an America to know that at least we stopped one bad Dictator. I do wish we would go into another nation, such as Sudan and Darfur, and stop the genocide there. But for each evil Dictator that is taken out of office, I feel a little bit safer (because he won't attack us) and I feel a little more proud because America helped prevent the death of more innocents. People die in war. We should respect the soldiers that fight for us, not turn our back on them. Because if they turned their back on us, there would be nothing to prevent our destruction.
We did not go as combatants, yet we gave lots of money to the French and therefore we sided with the French. How would this look to the Vietnamese? After that, they did put a puppet leader, his name was Ngo Dinh Diem. He did not like Buddhist people and this picture (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burningmonk.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burningmonk.jpg</a><!-- m -->) is an example of how much people hated him. This monk did this on purpose. Then we took Ngo Dinh Diem out and put in a new leader. Somehow this does not look like giving aid to South Vietnamese. It looks to me as if the US is trying to manipulate the South Vietnamese to do what they want.
Now here’s something about the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict. Palestinians are a people. They are not a religion. In fact, close to 10% of Palestinians are actually Jewish. Now, Britain has no right to decide whose land is whose. It is very unfair, as some may call it. One example of this is the Native Americans. They rightfully own this land we call “America”. What happened? The same thing, we only took a little land, and colonized, and grew from there. It is the same thing with Palestine/Israel. I didn’t know you were Jewish, and I hope none of this offends you, but this is my point of view. I feel that it is totally wrong to take a piece of another person’s land and call it a new state. I mean, I know after WW2, many Jews didn’t want to stay in Europe. And I genuinely feel very bad for the Jews for what happened, but they should of never turned it into Israel. For hundreds of years, the Jews have lived peacefully with the Muslims in that area, but when they started trying to turn into Israel, that’s where people went crazy. How would you like it, if I told you to share your house with some people, and over time, you got kicked out? I sure as hell wouldn’t want that to happen. And I do agree that for some reason, the Muslims dislike the Jews a lot. I have no idea for why this is happening, and I totally agree that that is wrong.
And suicide bombing is not done because you hate a certain place. It’s done because of a strong belief in something or no will to live. I still don’t know why people share a distaste in that art of war, but…. Anyways, I agree, that it is something I can not believe: why can’t the religions share? I am not a follower of any Abrahamic Religions, so maybe somebody could explain to me the same question that Jacob has. Why can’t those two religions share and get along? They say the Jews and the Palestinians were both descendents from Abraham: the jews from he and his wife, and the Palestinians from he and his concubine. That means that the land should all be theirs. It should be shared equally.
But anyways, back from that tangent, Iraqi people were safe in Iraq. It was just the Kurds that were not safe there. Genocide is bad anywhere, that I must agree, but obviously if America is the good little nation that you believe it to be, it would of gone for the other nations. Obviously then, the solely reason why America went there was for the oil. If we think about it that way, why should we be proud of our country if we are so used to the riches and luxuries that we can’t stand a little pain like the rest of the world? We are probably only 2nd to Canada who wastes just a little more energy than us, but if we are the powerful nation that we are, we should be able to take a hit and not depend on our oil so much…. I’m pretty much against war with another country for it’s resources. But anyways, back to the central topic I don’t think America should go through militirization.
I have to say, I am not patriotic at all. I don't agree with our president. I don't agree with us getting involved in other countries business. Who made us the world police? There are problem nations and problem in this world and the whole world needs to put forth the effort to make them go away, not just us. My tax money goes to pay for a war and a government I don't agree with. I want my money to go for education.
Terrorism isn't going to go away. It's like a disgruntled worker. Not everyone can be happy all the time. And some people are just more vocal about it. To say that we have to get all of the terrorist is impossible because you can't please everyone all the time. The only way would be if everyone believed in the same religion. Because that is honestly where 90% of our problems come from.
One of the biggest reasons I don't always support the troops is because they do volunteer to be where they are. There is nothing wrong with defending our country, it's the idea that they would kill to do so.
koishii Wrote:I have to say, I am not patriotic at all. I don't agree with our president. I don't agree with us getting involved in other countries business. Who made us the world police? There are problem nations and problem in this world and the whole world needs to put forth the effort to make them go away, not just us. My tax money goes to pay for a war and a government I don't agree with. I want my money to go for education.
Terrorism isn't going to go away. It's like a disgruntled worker. Not everyone can be happy all the time. And some people are just more vocal about it. To say that we have to get all of the terrorist is impossible because you can't please everyone all the time. The only way would be if everyone believed in the same religion. Because that is honestly where 90% of our problems come from.
One of the biggest reasons I don't always support the troops is because they do volunteer to be where they are. There is nothing wrong with defending our country, it's the idea that they would kill to do so.
Many people assume that we're the world police simply because of the involvement we've been in over the centuries. The United States tried isolationism but it didn't seem to work out for a long period of time. Many view the United States as the country that defends and gets involved with conflicts to try and calm it down simply because they are the superpower. The whole world could put effort into making the conflicts in the world disperse but the reality is that not everybody will comply. You may want your money to go to education but money going to war is absolutely necessary. How is the U.S. supposed to continue building up the military base? You may not agree with the idea but many believe that we're fighting to end conflicts and problems around the world; not every single one of them but we're contributing to the end of it.
Terrorism doesn't seem to be dispersing at this moment, and I think it wouldn't in quite a while. Naturally, people have different opinions and views simply because it's based on their perspective of the world and religion. Their sole purpose is to do what they believe in and what they view as "correct" and just. Soldiers are viewed as courageous and honorable people because they're fighting for our country. If nobody volunteers, what will happen? People have pride for their country and they're more than willing to die for the future generations and the future of their nation.
People's beliefs on what is correct and just are different by where they grow up, and how the society they live in views conflict. But since even in the united states, we have different societies based upon region. And so, the world is never really going to agree with one view point of another. A lot of it boils down to what religion the society that you live in follows. And since it is impossible to force people to believe in something it they just don't, there will always be conflict. There will always be a small number of the population who will be violent or more vocal and take action in their beliefs. You can't fight that. But we could, others could and should be teach tolerance. An army is important, but educating, even if it is only to teach tolerance for religion and race, is what we should be working on. Sometimes force force has to happen. I'm not saying it doesn't. I just think we should work on teaching tolerance, not beating it into people.