Quote Him="Him":1ymjf35jThe EU has indisputably brought the European nations closer together. Whatever it’s faults and they are many, it has reduced tensions between European countries and got them working together more.
The policy of the US in the Second World War was to come out of it as the only world superpower. It initially funded Germany and made money off the Nazis to begin with. It also forced Britain to sell its foreign reserves before it would lend Britain money or equipment in the War. Something it didn’t do to any other country. The reason for this was to weaken Britain’s economic power across the Empire and especially in the Middle East and Asia. The US wanted the dollar to become the international currency not the Pound.
The US hasn’t led the free world. It has cajoled and bullied it. I’ve given you a list of the countries it has attacked (plus others) since the Second World War. Can you tell me why, for instance, Vietnam or Nicaragua deserved to be invaded by the Americans? Can you give me any examples of it leading the free world magnanimously?
You give yourself away (as if you haven’t on any number of threads on the VT). Any true Canadian wouldn’t be defending the US healthcare system. It is indefensible to keep tens, if not hundreds of millions of people excluded from healthcare. The only problem the NHS is privatisation and underfunding. Otherwise it’s an excellent service that is consistently rated as the top healthcare system in the world in any number of criteria.
My figures come from the OECD. As I said, China and the EU give more than the US in absolute terms. Abs the US are approx 26th in the world in terms of #of GNI.
As for the UN that exactly backs up my point, the US can make the UN what they want it to be. If they wanted it to be a truly international body capable of helping resolving disputes and leading the world ten they could do. They choose not. That speaks volumes for their intentions.
Straw man argument. I’ve never defended Britain’s colonial history etc. I’m criticising the present and past US activities, not defending Britain.'"
----the crux of the argument really isn't it....everyones a critic, you must try to become more constructive in your criticisms (like Pliny The Elder!)
