[Desdinova]

military: i agree that the US has the most advanced military at this point, but technology will only go so far in a war. if the other side is willing to die in order to kill our soldiers then our tech will not necessarily help us, just look at the suicide killings. as far as the part about it being a good thing that the US weapons are pointed toward Iraq as opposed to other countries, i fear that regardless of what happens with Iraq the politicians will always find someone else to point the guns at in order to right some injustice or something along those lines. i dont like the idea of our soldiers being used as police forces in other countries, i feel they should be allowed to kill themselves off if thats what they feel like doing. i know this is callous, after all what about the civilians, but why should we put our people in harms way for others that will generally continue to dislike us for interfering in the first place, or for religious differences. (side rant, i feel that organized religion is one of the best con jobs put over on the people, politics and religion have caused more pain and suffering than anything else in history). i also know that a plan of isolationism wont work or that if the world situation is not monitored then things can go bad very quickly but why should we put our friends and family at risk if what is happening in other countries does not harm us.

politics: (politics is the 2nd biggest con job put over on the people). the US is supposedly a democracy, yeah right, a Republic is more accurate. in reality i would say big business and the rich are in control of this, behind the scenes of course. what is this war really over? is it to liberate the Iraqis from Hussain, or is it over Oil and the people come 2nd. there is no such thing as a perfect government but despite the flaws in ours it works very well. despite my lack of enthusiasm for politics.

opinions of other countries: so the other countries are not very fond of us at this time, it will not stop us from assisting them if it is needed and i hope it would not stop them from assisting us if needed. cant we all just get along, live and let live, peace prosperity and long life, nanoo nanoo? regardless of what the US does it will always piss somebody off about something, that that goes about other countries also. (ok so maybe this didnt go anywhere)

in regards to the influence the US has over other countries culture: that is good for a laugh, ok so there is now a Mcdonalds in almost every country. over all the US takes its styles, culture and whatnot from other countries and combines them into itself, after all we are the melting pot (supposedly). just look at the language of the US. officially its English, but should be named American since the British say we dont speak properly, but there is quite an lot of influence in the form of slang and whats in if you look at todays kids. with the internet i think that despite the political and geographic boundries that all the cultures will influence each other and maybe, just maybe, the world stands a chance of coming out better in the future. technology and communications are making the world a much smaller place and hopefully a better place. (BESIDES THE PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM SEEM TO GENERALLY PUT ASIDE MOST PETTY DIFFERENCES AND ENJOY A VERY GOOD GAME SO WHY CANT EVERYONE ELSE). maybe we should invent a game and instead of doing war in real life, have the disputing countries duke it out in virtual reality.