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Originally Posted by Oerets
What is good for the U.S of A. is not always what is good for the foreign country involved.
To truly get what we want from another country, most of if not all of the time it will be against their own interests.
Barney
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I'm having a difficult time remembering where we systematically killed people to an extent greater than what the locals did themselves. Compare the U.S. to historic world powers and the point is clear. Once you have that power, it becomes an obligation to foster peace. Of course, one may need some wars to ultimately achieve peace. Our biggest problem is that we tend to place a much higher value on an individual life than our enemies, thus, our wars have been fought, since WWII, in a manner inconsistent with the notion of full warfare.