6 Years Later Iraq Better but Still Shaky

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Originally Posted by saden1

My problem is with making claims without doing the work required. if a Brit made the same claim I would have a problem with it too. I don't know how you can claim America made the biggest sociatal foodprint seeing how civil rights were assured for all Americans in the 60s.

CRedskins is right. You have shown no evidence to the contradict his statement.
"NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE LAST 1000 YEARS, has impacted in as positive a way, this world's course, as the United States of America....the ultimate belief that every person on this earth has sanctity and faith and merit solely because that person was born. We have fought many a good fight in order to protect the world from the tyranny of the few....."

I know you are non-religious, but the belief that the rights of people are endowed by their Creator and not a king, ruling class, or government is a major shift in thought. If you look specifically at the last 30 years the number of governments that have changed to democracies from monarchies / communism / etc. it should make any American proud that we led the way and had a hand in making this possible.

The founders created a country of freedom, and the U.S. has grown into a place for immigrants to make a better life for themselves and their families, we've led the world in technological and industrial advances in the last 200 years,we were the major factor in winning WWI, defeating Nazism, and Communism. We're now the leader in a struggle to defeat fundamentalist Islam. We could have easily taken over the strategic resources in the world anytime after 1990 and made most other countries do as we wished. But we didn't because we believe in their right to determine their own fate. Name another country that has had more power yet let others live free and done as much good. And I would also argue that we've worked to correct our own social injustices rather than they be corrected by an outside force.

C'mon saden wave the flag for once and acknowledge the accomplishments of our great nation. I mean you can even hang your hat on Al Gore creating the Internet.