Layout, I'm not a communist far from it. You seem to think it is the responsibility of the US to run around the world and save people from their 'Bad' governemnt choices. I disagree, with that position and furthermore my position of avoiding foriegn entanglments was the primary view of the foundin generation. So that would make my view more "traditionally" American than yours.
It is a FACT of history that the US Army invaded Russia, burned Vladivastock to the ground and siezed the siberia oil fields during WW1, I doubt you had ever heard of that, look it up.
It is also a FACT of history that no Russian army ever burned an American city.
Incidenly the Siberia expedition also turned mutinous when the soldiers realised they were being used against basically poor peasants and refused to follow further orders to attack. Its a fascinating piece of history our Government hopes we don't know.
WAR IS A RACKETT!
While you're worrying about the commies in Russia or the Veit Cong sitting in a grass hut thousands of miles away from us your commie next store nieghbor is voting demoncrats into office or worse rhinos and the whole gang are socialist at best, certainly all fascist.
The only two candidates in the Presidential race who have even read the Constitution are Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson, but they're kooks.
I used to be all gung ho johny america, like you, but WACO opened my eyes to how evil governemnt is, and the more I learn the worse it looks.
In the last 100 years this country has seen 1 constituional President, Calvin Coolidge. 2 decent presidents Eisenhower and Reagan.
You think I'? A kook because I think the US governemnt is wack, so did Gen. Patton, (who was killed for his threat to run for president and clean house) Smedly Butler, whose book is still in print, and Eisenhower, whose final address to the nation containd the criptic line "Beware the military industrial complex"
Incidently, the proper description for the US political system since FDR is Democratic Fascism. Fascist governemnts combine the power of the governemnt with the money of "big bussiness" to keep the masses in line.
If you look at the current regulatory sceme in the US it is all designed to support giant bussinesses at the expense of the small bussiness. I don't have to out compete you if I have governemnt connections I can out legislate you.
Ayn Rand was very Prophetic with "Atlas Shrugged" of course she lived through the ultra fascist FDR years.
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I see BOTH sides of this. I do not now, nor have I ever, backed or supported anything that this country has done wrong. I also know that we are NOT the most evil thing ever to grace the face of the earth. I also know that some, not all, of the so called 'bad things' that we do as a Nation are not. Believe it or not, not everything is reported as it truly happens.
Just think had we kept the Siberian oil fields Stalin would not have been able to imprison the millions there that he did. How may died in the gulags? Maybe we should ask the Mongolians how much they enjoyed life after the Soviets enslaved them.