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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
it all depends on what 'your' government is.
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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
As an American, I would. Without hesitation.
If I were living crushed under the boot of a sadistic thug like Saddam, Castro, or Kim Jong-il, and a liberating force came to overthrow the government, I would do anything I could to help the invaders.
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Originally Posted by frogza
I voted yes, I would fight to defend the american government. If I were living under the rule of a government that murdered, stole, raped and otherwise tortured it's own people, I would immediatly join any force that promised to remove said government.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
frogza I voted yes, I would fight to defend the american government. If I were living under the rule of a government that murdered, stole, raped and otherwise tortured it's own people, I would immediatly join any force that promised to remove said government.
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And so on....
Do you all not realize that we ARE living under a government that rapes, steals, murders, tortures, ect., ect,. A government is like a parent or a spouse - you don't truly see the faults until you have all the information and an outside perspective. State, local, and federal governments all across this country are incredibly corrupt. I know that thousands of dollars in my tax money are being laundered to the mob and various other political buddies. I know that many of my states' congressmen have committed felonious acts in order to stay in government. I know that the federal government routinely silences those that may cause harm to it. Does this bother me? Not too much. I still would happily and bravely give my life for the nation that I love and that protects me.
What I'm saying is that no government is perfect. If this was posted on an Iraqui message board, or a Japanese one, or a North Korean one, or a Argentinian one, or an Indian one, or a Pakistani one, then the responses would all be very similar. For the most part, we inside a country support our government. This is part of the problem with Iraq - the insurgents LIKED what they had before, because it was the only government that they knew.
We go all high and mighty thinking that America is un-corruptible, that the government is just squeaky clean and nothing nefarious ever goes on. Well, you're wrong. Taken out of context, our government could look as bad as Saddam's (this is part of what the Iraqui people are force-fed, and part of the reason they hate us).
In the end, no government is perfect. Politics and government is dirty. However, this is still MY country, and I love it and am in support of the way they run the show. I would never stand to oppose the United States government, and I would fight off any invader wishing to change the government that I know and want. The same reason we defend the US is the same reason many living under a dictator join his army - it is the only thing that they know and the only thing that they know to support.