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Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior
I've been to Africa. I'm speaking from experience.
Iraq vs. Kuwait. Iraq vs. Iran. Soviet Union vs. Afghanistan. Israel vs. Lebanon (repeatedly). There are others in the 80s and 90s. And a great many others if I go back another decade or two to the 60s and 70s.
It wasn't a comparison against Hitler. You completely (and I think deliberately) missed the point. Which was about appeasement. Something that America has never done (except, arguably, with the Chicoms, whom the US kowtows much too much). Nor, to my knowledge, has Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, or Canada ever been an appeaser of dictatorial regimes. The same cannot be said of pretty much every other European, South American, African, and Asian nation. If being reminded of some of the less virtuous things nations other than the US have done, it's only fair considering how quick some folks seem to be about pointing out America's many flaws (which I won't dispute, since we do have them). Some nations, which exact ones I'll respectfully decline to point out, have a very long history of appeasement.
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Not arguing the appeasemnt point, folks should of listened to Churchill while they where busy giving Hitler poland.
I'm always amused when people make broad generalisations and say "i've been there" I'm assuming you've visited every African country and spoken to a broad demographic? Or maybe I should visit Somalia and then base all of Africa's view of the US based on how folks view them there?
America doesn't get into appeasement? So we won't mention how America has appeased Israel for the last few decades and allowed them to do what they want to Palestinian civilians going as far as to use their security council veto to back their constant violation of Un reslutions? We won't mention how America ignored Saddam when he was happily killing Kurds, as long as he was America's puppy and providing a pawn to match soviet-backed Iran.
America is as guilty of appasement as any other European nation mate, it's hypocritical to claim that they havn't engaged in that little hobby.