(July 20, 2019 at 4:50 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: This point of view costed me people I know; and also putted me under the fire of many, but no explanation was convincing and no defense was different from an angry "how dare you?"
American soldiers are terrorists. The reason for that is that they do exactly the same thing terrorists do under different names, look at this example:
Bombing Baghdad in 2003 by America was called "operation shock and awe". Doesn't the phrase "shock and awe" mean "terror"?
Bombing civilians is also carried out, but remotely through the air-force.
The terrorist bombings of foes take place by America periodically, more than a Jihadi terrorist can ever dream of.
Add to it the constant support for dictators around the globe who imprison and torture their people to death to stay in power.
The American army -just like many armies around the globe- is a terrorist killing machine, there is no difference between this
and this
Atlass, this is bullshit.
This stupidly assumes everyone who joins the U.S. Military is a Christian, and that is not the case. There is no religious oath to serve in our Marines, Air Force, Navy or Army. If you want to claim that most are Christians that still would not make all of them Conservative Christians, which would be more tempted to be the opposite of your Islamic conservatives.
I wouldn't trust our Christian conservatives to have a monopoly on our government and I am glad they do not, because they'd love to be a Christian version of Saudi Arabia.
And if you think I am happy with every war we have been in since WW2 you'd be wrong. I hate all war mongers, I hate our GOP because they shoot first and ask questions later. But unlike Saudi Arabia, when Americans don't like our leadership, we have the opportunity to change it. The same cannot be said for Saudi Arabia. I am NOT happy that Trump sucks your Prince's dick, especially after Trump was told he had a reporter chopped to bits.
I most certainly hate that humans fight each other, and I hate war, but this is not a case of the two sides being the same.
Currently the Islamic side of the planet is still stuck in oppressive theocracy. The west is still by comparison, still far more open and free at this point in history. That does not mean I like everything America does though. It also does not mean I like everything Israel does. It merely means we are still far more open than that side of the planet.