I would love to have your opinion

[here2bsilly]

What is it about the U.S.of A. that makes other countries hate us so much... (especially right now with N.Korea and Iran).

What is it about say... France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, etc... that they never get read the riot act?

I haven't heard "Death to Belgium" evah...

I would love to hear your POV.

Thanks!

Comments

[aposak]

The atomic bombs did kill civilians. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were industrial targets providing materiel for Japan's imperialist war effort. This was the standard practice in the European theatre, and to lay siege or otherwise cut supply lines has been around as long as war itself. Wars get nasty sometimes.

Our public education system funding is less of an issue than the structure of public education that promotes inefficiency and wastefulness. Government entities have a monopoly on the education system, locking the poor and middle class into substandard education. Only the wealthy can afford to get out. Tenure and the practice of "passing the trash" keeps marginal teachers in the system, limiting access for those who might be better teachers. Social promotions and teaching to the lowest common denominator limits how quickly the class can learn. The lack of discipline and "common sense" life skills training in judgment, critical thinking, morality, and values systems, among others, does not adequately prepare students to be adults. Throwing more money at the problem isn't going to fix the broken education machine.

Representative republics are only as good as the people that are elected to represent the people. Often wise leaders are required to make tough decisions that are contrary to the will of the masses. For that reason alone, I still favor a representative republic. I'll agree that the installation of puppet governments is morally wrong and has almost always haunted us, but elections (even in our own country) are not always without controversy and fraud.