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Originally Posted by Kyousuke
i agree with you but at the time of communism america could live and let live. they were giving speeches especially in the vietnam war that they were fighting communism only because russian and i think china were converting countries to communism. they couldnt just let them be and act like it was our problem too.
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That was an ideological fight. The western powers at the time believed that communism was something like the devil's economy. Naturally, more communist countries was a bad thing in popular opinion--an opinion I agree with, since I believe communism is good for nothing other than subjugating people and given a select few way too much power.
Actually, it's not dissimilar from the Arabs hating the Jews (more for religion than for race, really), or the Catholic Church and the Portestant Christians during Queen Elizabeth's reign. They all could have just left each other alone, too :P .
Seriously, you guys need to give it a rest. There is not one thing under our sun you can say about the United States that is really that unique and evil. The things that our government does are the same things that have been done by governments since government began on this earth. If you want someone to blame so much, blame humans, as it human nature that is at fault. Any time you give someone the tools necessary to exert an influence over another person, they will use them.
Having said that, I still believe that my country has done a lot better than some countries through history (and even today).