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Moni - I am so glad that that post had a due sense of good humour as other wise I would have been very pissed off!
1st point: As a Brit it is a little difficult to see how the US has always acted alone and how we will not help if you fall. Remember that there are British and German troops in Afghanistan with you there - whether or not the British people like it as Parliament has not been given a vote on the issue. Also remember that your role as world policeman in WW2 was a good 2 years behind ours and france's. Not that the help wasn't appreciated (would put some kind of smily in here - wee earlier post).
2nd point: Surely one thing that can be learned and acted on from this whole mess is that there are a lot of people who disagree with the American publics view of its own foreign policy. The actions that America has taken are ultimatley self motivated and self serving for the most part. It is often played upon how America is the greatest nation in the world. It has had to work hard to keep itself there over the last few years and a lot of people are starting to wonder why they are still doing it. Fukuyama wrote 11 years ago that we had experienced the end of history - this is sadly showing that it is only the beginning...
Taking the can of worms and throwing it all over the people in the forum, hoping that they don't start to be pissed off...
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