[Ryzorian]

Yes Ronin, I will agree that the US isn't exactly the force for good it would like to think it is. Too often it get's bogged down in it's own retoric. Often we should just not get inolved.

The problem is that the world bitches when we do nothing and bitches when we do anything. So we are kinda in a catch 22. Much of the world's problems are caused by "rats in the cellar". I agree that getting rid of the Rats is a good thing for all concerned, but getting the USA to get rid of them is like sending a rhino into a house, nothing good will come of it.

America's natural resources are huge, I took geology in colloge as part of an enviromental major. South Dakato just found what is possibly the third largest oil field in the world. All they did was cap it. We also have enough oil shale in colorado to last the US 300 years at our current consumtion rate...by itself.

Frankly, I have no idea what the head honchos are trying to do. They certainly don't do what I would be doing, wich is harnessing our own resources and leaveing the rest of the world alone. Unless they are utilizeing the worlds resources FIRST..then plan to go to ours as a reserve? AS to the debt load not being a problem, it's based on GDP. Our GDP is 15trillion and our debt is about 15 trillion. Basically it would be like if you made 20,000 a year and were paying on a 20,000 debt..wich is what most home owners do every year.

I will also admit that Vietnam was smart in it's basic understanding of the US. They just had to survive long enough for the giant monster to grow bored and walk away. However, unlike most nations, where "looseing" a war tends to be catastrophic, the US isn't bothered much. Vietnam remembers the US and the devestation it unleashed, most people in the US barely remember Vietnam, at best it's just a backdrop for a Rambo movie.

Serbiangirl; The USA uses depleted uranium rounds in tank shells, 25 mill rounds, 35 mill rounds..possibly even certain sniper rounds. Yes, that's correct, your not wrong in that. The M1A1 Tank also has depleted uranium armor. DU rounds are two and a half times denser than steel and at high volcity, wich is what types of rounds these are, will cut through armor like butter.

About Kosovo, Me personally I was against attacking Serbia. For two reasons. One, Serbia was an ally in ww2 and had rescued 500 american piolets, so I was against attacking a friend with history. Plus I didn't trust the albanians, who were muslim with a questionable history.

Sebiangirl, I'll tell you a story. Wether it's true or not, who knows, you can take it with a grain of salt. ...A Texas battalion of National Guard troops were stationed at a base in Serbia dureing that operation, several Serbian teen's got to know the troops really well and would meet with many of them by the gate every day. Albanian rebels found out about this and shelled the teens as they walked to the base, killing them.

When this Texas unit found out, they went on a rampage in the surrounding hills, supposedly killing over 700 albanians out of revenge. The unit was sent back to the states within a week and nobody talked about why. Now I only heard this story from a friend who "supposedly" knew one of the guys in the unit in question. So at best it's third hand information from me and questionable in reliability.