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Originally posted by Ryanamur:
America is not a peacefull nation when it comes to international politics. It was up until the Great War then, it fell back into isolationism until WWII. After that, the USA has been a belligerent nation who has brought peace to our civilization as well as sparked many conflicts (though most of them as a side effect of policies). So, don't critized their actions too much, because wouldn't had been for the USA, our world would be much less pleasant than it is now. Especially for folks living in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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I don't believe the US can be categorised as "belligerent". If anything, the US is reactionary. In almost every event involving military action in the last century, the US waited until it was almost too late to do anything. Even then we want to operate under the UN or someother international cause because we don't want to be seen as starting "anything". This has caused US many problems both at home and abroad over the years.
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[This message has been edited by Ronn_Bman (edited 10-23-2001).]