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Originally posted by Peetster
God forbid you spend a moment in quiet contemplative thanks. It's ancient history, right? Sacrifices that happened 58 years ago are no less significant just because they occured more than twice as long ago as you were born. You will gain a sense of perspective as you get older.
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"As i get older"? Gee, maybe sometime nanna can make me some cookies and get me a glass of warm milk and i can curl up in your lap in front of the fireplace and you can tell me about the "big war".
Ancient history? Maybe not, but it is only slighlty less ancient than manifest destiny and slavery and yet i swear i've seen at least a few people argue that such things are irrelevant to the current state of affairs because they are in the past. The gist of it usually is, "You can't hold me accountable for what my parents did" Slave reparations? Well, i wasn't responsible so don't talk to me. Honoring treaties? I didn't sign any treaties.
I'm not responsible for the actions of my fathers.
You need to get some perspective if you think all of europe is obligated to not supply any input to current global affairs if their opinion happens to run contrary the the official u.s. line. That's nonsense. The whole "my daddy/grampa saved your daddy/grampa" argument is just like the "love it or leave it" argument. They are what people say when they really have nothing good to say.
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Originally posted by Nefir
Why do Americans feel America is a major threat to world peace?
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Maybe someone could explain to me why america, with what is arguably the most effective military force on the planet, with a new policy of military action based only on percieved threat, and with an administration that apparently has no qualms with decieving the people who put it into power and telling the world to fuck off, isn't the NUMBER ONE threat to world peace?