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Originally Posted by Beestie
Its lonely at the top. But eventually, it'll be someone else's turn and the world will long for the good old days of being America's beyotch.
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The world already longs for the good old days when being at the top meant America had so many friends. Of course that meant Americans first learned the perspectives of the world rather than preach to the world what was right and wrong. Become so anti-American as to even believe we can impose democracy on all others.
Remember the good old days when America believed in containment? When we learned before declaring 'right and wrong', then a world was 70% pro-American. It is now less than 15% so.
Most readers here did not exist during Vietnam - when again, respect for America was so low. Of course it was. Americans were also back then so ignorant as to demand what is right and wrong rather than first learn facts. Americans would even lie to themselves rather than admit the Vietnam reality.
A little test for each lurker. Was America the good guy or the bad guy in Vietnam? If you still say Americans were the good guys, then you have no grasp of reality and history. Tragedy of Vietnam is how good people can do so much evil. Only a classic anti-American ignores why American were the bad guys.
Vietnam War is a classic example of how Americans were so righteous as to murder those who had even been America's closest allies. If you did not yet learn basic history - such as a Ho Chi Minh that desperately wanted to become a protectorate of the US - then you never learned how anti-American we became back then. We blindly believed lies. Many today are so anti-American as to still believe those Vietnam era lies - such as the Domino Theory. Vietnam is a benchmark. If you learned about Vietnam, then you learned why America became so anti-American. A true patriot learns from history. Only anti-Americans deny it.
'Terrorists are lurking everywhere' is only preached in a righteous America. Mostly among George Jr supporters. ‘Terrorism everywhere’ is more fodder for Armageddon. Only 'evil people' want Armageddon. No wonder the world has become so worried. So many who want Armageddon also proclaim they are ‘god’s chosen’ people.
Among good people are not issues in black and white. Good people see the world in perspective. Perspective was always difficult for anti-American types who are so righteous. When Americans were instead honest, then Americans were 70% popular. Being at the top meant friends everywhere. Neither the world nor god likes a country lead by liars. Welcome to an America that only wants enemies – ‘terrorist are lurking everywhere’. It is only lonely at the top when we are anti-American - and even hype lies to invent enemies. No wonder the world is no longer so friendly. Everytime it gets lonely at the top, America was the problem. Again, learn from history.