Well, I'll jump in and through in my 2 cents. A little story that happened to me in Japan. I was on a ship that pulled intoa port in northern Japan. No US ship had pulled in there in somethin like 40 years or such. Anyway, it was a pretty big deal. When we pulled in their was lots of media coverage, a couple of local goverment figures there to meet us, and a couple hundred Japaness protesters right behind them with anti-US military signs all over the place. Very calm and orginzed, I should point out. They just stood here and chanted a bit, then packed up and quitely went home. very civil in their protest. Anyway, me and some buddies when out to a coupel bars after we got off ship to sit and relax. This Japaness guy starts talking to us, and thorugh the course of the converstaion it came out he was one of the protesters (This is after he had bought us all a round of beers, BTW). He went out of his way to let us know it wasn't us as Americans that he had a problem with, just the big gray thing covered in guns we showed up on. I can dig this point of view. I understand fully why some people don't like us, haveing seen what happens when you have a bar full of American dumb asses overseas. Many, many times I watched these people and was embaressed to be fromt he same counrty as them. Given a choise, there is no place else I would rather be from (Well, maybe Japan. I miss Japan), but I think one of the big problems right now is the American view of "bringing democricy to the world". I love it, think it is a great sytem, but some places, it just not needed or wanted. I think we need to be a little less forcfull in pushing or vews, MUCH more forceful in kicking the crap out of anyone that screws with us, and EXTREAMLY forceful in just helping countries that are really fucked up and need our help in nonmiltary fasions. building a school or a hospital has a longer lastin effect then buildign a bomb, and costs a lot less.
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