[Nodachi]

I've always found it interesting that with all the money the US spends overseas (look at our trade deficits) it seems to be one of the most hated countries of the world.

Earlier in the thread someone (I forget who) pointed out that the US invaded Iraq without the UN's consent. I would like to point out two things concerning that; #1 - The US was just enforcing an already existing UN resolution, and #2 - The US (or any other sovereign nation) does not need the UN's consent to do anything. The UN is just another example of a corupt bureaucracy that is more concerned with maintaining and increasing it's own power than doing the job it was created for.