Thank you, America!

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by tw

Strange how you neglect events that resulted in some of those events - such as unjustified attacks by the USS New Jersey on Lebanon or bombing a baby formula factory in Sudan. Or bombing of Al Jezerra offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc whenever we don't like what they report. Somehow you think western nations are only sheep. Your post all but says for have no idea of Military Science 101 - also called the 'smoking gun'.

This is how 'big dics' justify their actions. Your post reeks of one sided perspective - them is evil and we are good. That one sided thought process is dangerous and even created an American defeat in Vietnam.

First let me thank you for the acknowledgment of my manhood, I am very proud of it.

Now as to my opinion - well of course it's one sided otherwise it wouldn't be my opinion.

Now let's look at your examples - first the USS New Jersey on Lebanon:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/...banon82-A.html
nice timeline of events. I guess if you pick and choose what you want to look at you can make anyone look guilty of the first blow.

The Sudan thing - excerpt from an article:
"The US fired cruise missiles on the factory on 20 August of last year, in retaliation for the bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

US President Bill Clinton ordered the attack because Washington suspected the factory of being linked to Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, the man accused of masterminding the embassy bombings. " Source - BBC

Like I said, we can go back and forth all day. And as far as Military science, you hit it on the head, I am just a low class american that doesn't understand the first thing about it.