Quote from risktaker:
If this were the Roman empire era, I might agree. But in this millenium, that strategy most likely won't work either. The US is already seen as a villain in much of the world. Do you really want to live in a country *hated* by the rest? It would have to be the biggest magic trick in the world to convince people that an invasion of Dubai or some other small Arab country was necessary and the right thing to do.
I agree with you. War would not be a good solution to advance the states. It's not really that we Canadians (and Europeans) hate Americans...that's just not true. We just think the 'american attitude' is not very intelligent and not the right thing to do.
At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is to try to do the right thing to help people around you, and yourself.
The problem with America is, they generally don't understand how to do this, except for the yourself part. It's not their fault though, it's how they've been programed. A nation of proletariats programmed to think and act a certain way to keep the machine running....without even knowing or caring about the ultimate outcome. It's quite tragic actually.
I urge alot of you to watch a film called IMPERIAL GRAND STRATEGY or something like that - GRAND IMPERIAL STRATEGY.
Like the nebraska hick on this thread who keeps saying 'we have the most powerful army, we will kill everyone, the dow will then go up'.
It's that type of attitude - that makes the nation look like a nation of fools (even though not all americans are like this)...unintelligent sheep...just born into the system and die in the system, and nobody cares about them.
It's not that we hate Americans, we just think that most of them aren't very smart, and act out of fear and rage.
It's tough - your nation clearly lives in fear now....and it's not a good thing, I don't know how it can change. Fear is not a good thing for growth.
As far as foreign investment and foreigners buying up US assets (which has been happening for years), this is a good thing for the states. It's one of the few things keeping the economy going.
