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Red Heaven : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Red Heaven

48 votes NegativePositive

125 days 21 hours ago...

Why is this voted down?

I suppose my only real qualm with it is the fact that it`s too short.

Most Americans barely have any recollection any of these atrocities happened. Most of our modern wars have everything to do with our policies post WWII. And we act clueless when the violence is returned to our doorstep.

However, when we ask why this happened our government surely doesn`t implicate itself. It surely doesn`t take responsibility for past actions. America is a country far too proud. After all, it lacks the humility to even say that it made mistakes.

Terrible, terrible mistakes.

GB! : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

GB!

38 votes NegativePositive

125 days 20 hours ago...

America should have learned by now that the enemy of your enemy is not your friend.

America has supported a lot of questionable people over the years. Often the people they supported turned against them, posing an even greater threat than the one they were supposed to combat.

Saddam and Osama are good examples.

blue_devil : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

blue_devil

25 votes NegativePositive

125 days 19 hours ago...

great job America, lot of innocent blood on your hands.
"U.N estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions"
great job,
you fuckers ...

Red Heaven : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Red Heaven

37 votes NegativePositive

125 days 18 hours ago...

^
Whoa, whoa, whoa there champ.

I was born in 1983. Mosaddeq? That happened even before my MOTHER was born.

Look, I know everyone wants to hate on Americans. However, I`d like to remind you that a lot of the stuff that has happened occurred before many of us were born. I think you`d be pretty pissed to to be born, live for nearly two decades, then find out this has been handed to you.

You think I wanted to be born in a country with this history?

I didn`t elect to be, I was just popped out. So too, many generations of children that have to hold their palms out so that old fuckers can paint them with innocent blood.

Many of the things you see in the video are masterminded by a few. I`d like you to remember that most Americans mean well, and are peaceful.

erico : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

erico

17 votes NegativePositive

125 days 16 hours ago...

I heard America is currently sending weapons into Somalia, you know to prop up the pro American regime.

Nefio : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Nefio

32 votes NegativePositive

125 days 16 hours ago...

While it`s completely true that America does all these things, and that they are wrong...I don`t really like how people make it sound as though only America is doing them. It`s really just currently the most powerful country and so it`s doing this the most. But nearly every country pulls this BS. Nearly all the people in power rose to power and maintained their power through some pretty shady means and don`t really mind using the general populace as a means to acquire everything they want.

Delkam : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Delkam

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125 days 15 hours ago...

What`s the real problem? IF the balance switch side... what`S happening?

U.S killed many peoples for keep the Occcident on power side (for everyone of you , because you listenned the samething the me, the GOOD SIDE! ).For the orient side, they suffered few centuries and they believe and hate the occident.Remember the history; When the orient have the spices, golds, oils, technologies and much more, the occident like french,britain and since 2 centuries , the U.S tried brought,exchange or conquert the orient. Japan, suffered in 2nd WW, Chinieses by G-B,Iran -Iraq -URSS -etc. They lost versus the U.S . Not because The U.s are the GOOD Side, Only because the have the money...

The money, the only thing the occident had versus Orient and now,the orient have little bit much more power then U.s.a and the tention are little bit higher but,

In fact the Orient, if they`ll got the GOOD SIDE will do samething then U.s. "Much more the thing will change and much more the samething happen."

Please, never think the democraty or communist or any gouvernement will be erased, because every political idea need others for comparations and it`s the basic idea of political idea. The principe of the boss and the sheep.

i hope you`ll understand my point ;)

koryo : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

koryo

20 votes NegativePositive

125 days 14 hours ago...

I often get tired of the America bashing. America is a corrupt country....no shit. ALL countries are corrupt. But, it`s the politicians that are running the countries that are corrupt, not the citizens.

As Red Heaven pointed out, everyone thinks that if something bad happened somewhere in the world and America had something to do with it...each and every American had something to do with it.

I could only wish I had that kind of power.

LeighCedar : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

LeighCedar

2 votes NegativePositive

125 days 13 hours ago...

Really?
They don`t teach this?

It`s common knowledge in most of the world.

I`d like to see some of the sources linked however.
If they are saying the bombing runs from the decade before the current war killed 500,000 kids it would run counter to what most military historians are currently saying.
Patreus` bombings of Norther Iraq were one of the few competent things the U.S. military pulled off in that region.

Interesting none the less.

stenzel : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

stenzel

5 votes NegativePositive

125 days 12 hours ago...

^^
What you say is true, that politicans do run the coutnry that we elect, but the problem with today is that
1. I would say more then 1/2 of all politicians are corrupt.(guesstimate?) ie. Lobbying etc..
2. The people are being constantly brainwashed by a totally incompetent media that spews propaganda,
and 3. The majority of americans are just fuckin stupid

We just need to end the war in Afganisitan its doing no good filling caskets, increasing anti- U.S sentiment and costing a butt load of money. Its a war that cant be won just look at history the Brits the Soviets.

If we were never there we could easily have had health care for everyone.

koryo : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

koryo

5 votes NegativePositive

125 days 11 hours ago...

^But that`s part of my point(at least as far as the President goes). We don`t even "choose" our President. He/she is chosen for us. We are given two idiots to pick from. The media chooses who we pick from. The media is in control of the voting system and the government is in control of the media. WE have no control(or very little).

I agree with your other point, most Americans are idiots. Personally, I feel that this is a great job of the government. Welfare is a cancer on our society. It was developed to temporarily help people until they could get back on their feet(mainly to compensate blacks for discrimination). Now, it has become a way of life for many.

veedub : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

veedub

Hidden (Show Comment) -19 votes

125 days 11 hours ago...

/sigh. Another video from those conspiracy theorists...

arahon : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

arahon

27 votes NegativePositive

125 days 11 hours ago...

I am a sophomore in Highschool, and I have never heard of anything like this, really eye opening.

Now I am off to research everything and turn it in to my teacher`s and see what they say. (They will most likely say that it is not true and it is a Conspiracy I should not believe.)

Thank you Spiked.

Red Heaven : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Red Heaven

19 votes NegativePositive

125 days 10 hours ago...

^
Actually nearly all of these are extensively documented. The problem is a lot of them are just really old.

I suppose they`ve gotten so old that people are calling them conspiracies. I`m afraid not, and can only wish they were. The Iran-Contra Affair was a huge scandal in 1986.

But again, even I was only 3 years old at that point. If you think about it, people born that year or shortly after have probably grown up, graduated from school, and possibly graduated with a 4 year degree.

For expediency, I wiki`d each incident the video showed.

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem

4
) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973

5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet

6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War

7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_assistance_to_Osama_bin_Lad
en

8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-contra

9) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam

10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama

11) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shifa_pharmaceutical_factory

arahon : LVL 9: VP 1.8: said:

arahon

11 votes NegativePositive

125 days 10 hours ago...

^ I hope that next year while I am a Junior and have U.S. History I learn about some of this stuff.

If not I will have to remember to mention it and ask why we don`t teach it, or if my Teacher knows anything about it.

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