Yossarian
Forum Resistance Leader
I was sitting on the couch with the significant other tonight and one way or another the dead cat being foreign interventionism and the cost of empire got dragged up.
Upon her giving me the normal consensus of why we intervene so many places all around the word, is because they (they being the vague term for all other Non American inhabitants on this Earth) hate us.
When asked why although her answer was intelligently worded, her answer ran right back into the Catch 22 that is the typical consensus of them hating us for our freedom ( also a vague term in some regards) and prosperity.
Now, I am no stranger to challenging the common logic on America and more broadly the West's place in this world. And no stranger to being called every derogatory name in the book, and most oftenly called un American.
But this is my general question, the reason I find that so many grit their teeth is over the fact that I have a tendency to point out those swept little bits of history under the rug. I also ask the most difficult question.
If you were from ( Insert Your Country ) what would you think of the U.S. and why?
Some countries get new hospitals, new schools, some get predator drones, what do the witnesses on the ground think from these different actions by Americans and Westerners around the world?
The hardest thing it seems to do is to ask Americans and other Westerners to remove your flag from your train of thought for a moment. Look at why these (enemies) hate us, why they resist, and most importantly what actions that often go unreported lead to the complex international situations that lead to such violence?
In short, thinking deeper than what the papers say.
With over 55 military interventions in a half a century, hundreds of bases and installations around the world, and a incredibly strong sense of denial on consequences and amazing justification machine for use of force.
Also, the hardest thing I often see on American's faces when asked these difficult question is the normal inability to remove common morality and look at the events that have happened. I know this seems a little illogical but it is the easiest way I have learned in understanding why foreign populations often radicalize, for different reasons for violence against the U.S.
And why does American Public Opinion fight this trend tooth and nail? And will fight viciously to defend this comfort zone of denial?
For I love our armed forces, have family and friends serving, and they are some of the best people I know, why then do we create situations abroad that forces us to sacrifice the ones we love often for reasons that are rarely led with any moral conscience?
Maybe if we ponder these questions I can maybe find an easy answer that the general public can swallow on why "they" hate us. And why violence persist to this day against our fellow citizens abroad. And why the fighting never stops.
Upon her giving me the normal consensus of why we intervene so many places all around the word, is because they (they being the vague term for all other Non American inhabitants on this Earth) hate us.
When asked why although her answer was intelligently worded, her answer ran right back into the Catch 22 that is the typical consensus of them hating us for our freedom ( also a vague term in some regards) and prosperity.
Now, I am no stranger to challenging the common logic on America and more broadly the West's place in this world. And no stranger to being called every derogatory name in the book, and most oftenly called un American.
But this is my general question, the reason I find that so many grit their teeth is over the fact that I have a tendency to point out those swept little bits of history under the rug. I also ask the most difficult question.
If you were from ( Insert Your Country ) what would you think of the U.S. and why?
Some countries get new hospitals, new schools, some get predator drones, what do the witnesses on the ground think from these different actions by Americans and Westerners around the world?
The hardest thing it seems to do is to ask Americans and other Westerners to remove your flag from your train of thought for a moment. Look at why these (enemies) hate us, why they resist, and most importantly what actions that often go unreported lead to the complex international situations that lead to such violence?
In short, thinking deeper than what the papers say.
With over 55 military interventions in a half a century, hundreds of bases and installations around the world, and a incredibly strong sense of denial on consequences and amazing justification machine for use of force.
Also, the hardest thing I often see on American's faces when asked these difficult question is the normal inability to remove common morality and look at the events that have happened. I know this seems a little illogical but it is the easiest way I have learned in understanding why foreign populations often radicalize, for different reasons for violence against the U.S.
And why does American Public Opinion fight this trend tooth and nail? And will fight viciously to defend this comfort zone of denial?
For I love our armed forces, have family and friends serving, and they are some of the best people I know, why then do we create situations abroad that forces us to sacrifice the ones we love often for reasons that are rarely led with any moral conscience?
Maybe if we ponder these questions I can maybe find an easy answer that the general public can swallow on why "they" hate us. And why violence persist to this day against our fellow citizens abroad. And why the fighting never stops.