America

[Qza]

you are correct in your original summation. the discussion just went off on a tangent and i wanted to clear up misconceptions. good of you to refocus though. thank you.

I maintain that the US has a history of saying and intending and claiming to believe one thing while at the same time actively doing the exact opposite of what they say or claim. the nation was founded on the concept of freedom from opression yet throught its history it have been an opressor. the monroe doctrine stated that america will defend itself from all attempts of colonization by european powers and defend its friends in the new world yet shortly after they were colonizing cuba the phillipines and overthrowing the government of hawiai. they fought against britain attacking and encroaching from the north while annexing large parts of mexico in the south. they freed slaves and a few years later implemented laws that effectively reinstated the instution in a lesser form, they condem terriosm now when they did not in the 1950s and 60s when radical militant religious groups were terrorising african americans. america has by its actions shown that whats good for the goose is not good for the gander, it is my position that it has been a nation of hyprocrites. hyprocrites who comit crimes in secret and when they are exposed act like mr nice guy. hyprocrites who use enocomic might to get their way in poor developing countries while complaining about arabian oil cartels. hyprocrites who in the 1850s we only to happy to undercut free trade and dominate the world markets but now bitch and moan when china does the same. hyprocrites who claim that if i do something it must be seen in a certain contextual light but if you do it. you are satan incarnate.

america today is making strides foward i will grant that, but facts are facts. america has been a hypocritical nation. good pople live in america but the nation historically has not practisesd what it has been preaching.