Komitsuki, come on. You are too smart to be reduced to such meaningless and immature posts likes this.

Americans play video games, so therefore this is a violent society? Yes, the body count for Super Mario Bros Wii and Beatles Rock Band is horrific. At least they don't play fighting games in Japan or MMORPGs in Korea. Right?

And a two-party system means America is a violent society?

Why don't you choose areas that actually are indicative of hwo "violent" a culture is.

Sure America has the highest rate of murder, being it is so violent (or at least in the top 10, right)?

Nope. Number 24. Just ahead of Armenia and India. (South Korea is #38)

And what's more violent than murder? Suicide, right? Surely American must be offing themselves at seriously high rates.

US ranks #43 in a virtual tie with Luxembourg. (Japan is #8 and S. Korea is #11.)

I, too, am sorry you still think like this.

Don't worry, Komitsuki will prolly find someway to pin Korea's higher suicide rate on the US some how. :rolleyes:

If it wasn't the USA, it would be someone else. This is moot. The American Empire will fall just like all others and another entity will take its place. It's just that your descendants better hope they are not as bad as the USA.

Yet Haiti is being helped so quickly because that "evil empire" has an aircraft carrier down there and 9000 troops onshore helping with logistics. I'm sorry, but the US is no where near as bad as anyone thinks it is. Sure it may end up being world police sometimes..but it's also the worlds fireman, ambulance, disaster relief, emergency room, food center. It's all these things and it utilizes that "empiral" military to do it.

Your right though, empires do come and go, and culture with it. The high arts, technology, advanced medicine, music, advanced agriculture, advanced buildings and bridges, sewer systems, these are all born from Empires. You dont have huge leaps in mankind's cultural advancement with out said empires to protect and nurture those aspects.

The anti-American posts get so so tiring.

Then stop your American pride and start listening to non-Americans. For your own good.

But instead I find Americans tend to be too isolated. Like you told me that Americans usually don't bother going outside of America.

True. Though I often find that the biggest critics of America happen to be self-hating Americans themselves.

Thank goodness I convinced my two cousins living in America to move to Canada.

Not tiring for many people (esp. for non-Americans). More exciting than you think.

It is good to see you showing your true and hateful colors again. The threats, however, are not appreciated.

yea, the empire of Europe, :p

regarding haiti, millitary (any military) is able to provide logistical support etc..
however the NGO's are able to get more intel due to the fact that they dont need to worry about force protection.

in situations like this the 2 work together.

also one needs to stop thinking of america, or the uk etc. as world police.
as if its some kind of benevolent force for good.

force projection has and always will be used exclusively by nations to prop up and facilitate foreign policy.
which again is the same in every country in the world, i.e. make sure we come out on top

bombings of towns filled by civilians
 

Force for good, you said? :) For instance, like bombings of Belgrade or iraqi towns by Tomahawk cruise missiles? :)

I guess they figured we already nuked Japan once, why not? I'm not saying I agree with it, but I suppose it's nice to know we still have 1 ally out there. Maybe they're banking on Korea not being able to put their money where their mouth it.