Originally posted by: miguel
Originally posted by: busmaster11
My biggest issue is with american arrogance. In the eyes of God an american life is no more valuable than that of any other human being - despite what you might have been brought up to believe. We do not have the authority to make the unilatteral arrogant decisions that this regime have made. Might does not equal right.
That is true, in the eyes of God. I have not been brought up to believe that an American life is worth more. I don't know how you came up with that. Where we differ is that you seem to suggest that America should be thinking globally all the time. Unfortunately, it would be to America's detriment if that happened. Last I checked, the US Government should be looking out for US interests first.
Really? We spend millions in the courts and in the media covering the question of right to life for a 40 year old woman in a vegetative state in Florida. When Daniel Pearl was missing in Afghanistan, we poured tons of troops to Jalalabad (wrong city perhaps) and even Jesse Jackson wanted to get involved. Yet billions of pounds of grain rot in our silos that could feed the hungry in Ethiopia or wherever... Yeah, I'd say if you don't feel you were taught an American life is worth more than others, you're either oblivious or you haven't been watching too much media....
American interests are like your interests. There's a cost and a value to every action. If you were to constantly look out for yourself only, you would do many selfish things like lie, cheat and steal. If you're the biggest meanest bully on the block, you will do progessively more of those things once you realize you're not going to get caught. That's where the US is right now. It's a runaway superpower. No one can tell us we can't do something. They can only hope to use diplomacy.
Can you see why the big mean bully who's only looking out for himself will be a problem?