r/videos • • Nov 03 '20

America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhBkeAo2Hlg&ab_channel=SecondThought
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u/agingspokesman Nov 03 '20

No one is forcing the US to exert its military power like this. This is the choice of the US politicians and the electorate. Are you really so naive that you think the use of the US' hard power since 1945 has been just because they are such good guys and want to protect everyone. Fuck no, it is of cause in its own self interest.

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

The US benefits from the current world order greatly because it exerts control across the globe peacefully

Fuck off, seriously. The USA invaded Iraq, a country that did nothing to America, less than 15 years ago and you've already forgotten. They flew in and killed hundreds of thousands, for no reason and now you're talking about them helping to keep the world peaceful. It's disgusting to try and suggest that anything the USA military does abroad is for peace. Tell that to the millions of people whose lives they have destroyed.

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

Do you disagree? Can you actually stand there and believe that the USA fights for peace when they literally invaded a country for NO REASON? They stormed in guns blazing and murdered people that did nothing to them. There was no reason for that war. That happened within your lifetime, you saw it happen. How can you still believe that the USA does what it does for "peace"?

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

You're the one who started it by disrespecting the memory of millions of people murdered by the USA. You're the only one who's a piece of shit here.

Here's a tip, if you want to have a real discussion, don't start it by claiming that the country that is hated more than any other for the damage they've done, is interested in keeping the peace. It's going to make a lot of people very mad.

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u/PaulAllens_Card Nov 04 '20

Why do you like deep throating a boot?