I've been on this particular forum for a couple months now, and oftentimes I feel very outnumbered, very much critisized, a very much asaulted for my pro-American stance. Additionally, I think America unfairly takes a lot of criticism, insults, and hatred. I'm left with the feeling that my country is a scourge on this planet for all its worth (for example the fact that Baghdad would rejoice in the fall Saddam Huessein whereas the world would rejoice with the fall of Bush). You may say that this hatred is isoleted to be Bush specific but gimme a break, no matter who is in office or whatever their polcies are the anti-American sentiments would remain the same.

As such I'm starting an appreciation for America thread, the things we did that have recieved little or no credit and have quickly been forgotten. A reminder to ourselves of the accomplishments we have done. If you have nothing positive to contribute please do not say anything at all or I will abandon all respect for you in comments that you may make and respond likewise in a childish manner. Much like the picture thread there should be no argument in this thread. I'll begin ...

Your welcome for entering WW1 and altering the course of that war when we did not need to.

Your welcome for protecting South Korea from 1950 until this day.

Your welcome for protecting Europe during the cold war, and going into huge budget deficiets to combat soviet military spending.

Your welcome for the Marshall plan

Your welcome for sending troops to France to die to liberate Europe

Your welcome for setting up an independant Japanese state after the war such that the Japanese are free today to choose their own leaders.

Your welcome for doing the same with Germany.

Your welcome for spearheading the liberation of Kuwait.

Your welcome for spearheading the removal of Slobodan Milosevic.

Your welcome for the fall of the Berlin Wall

Again please don't comment if you have something negative to say.

thanks america.

good post occy

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you forgot the US defending Israel.

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Sorry to bitch - pet peeve.

Thanks!

- I really think the people is not anti the american people, but anti-bush and it's administration. It's been said by the French people, all the people around the world, even the own Iraquis have said it, when Clinton was around, people around the world actually liked him, Im taking him as an example since that's been the president that has most recently been in office before Bush and compare.. but, I think that it's Bush's fault for the lack of diplomacy tours most countries. So really, I see more like an Anti-Bush thing, buut, since the president represents the country then, it converts to Anti-American. Just my plain thought.

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great post, its easy to forget all the good things

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Your welcome for protecting Europe during the cold war, and going into huge budget deficiets to combat soviet military spending.

I always thought it was Russia who got huge defecits for combating US military spending,not the other way around...?

Anyway,thanks for bringing us so much incredible music We'll forgive you for MTV for now

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You forgot:

Thanks for BT, Josh Gabriel/ Dave Dresden, D:Fuse, Chris Lawrence...

add some more to my incomplete list.
Only 12 year olds watch MTV here I thought.

Chaos you're correct, though I do that myself sometimes.

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Occrider:

No doubt the US has done a lot of good over the years. In fact, if it wasn't for US involvement in WW2, I'd probably be speaking Japanese right now (the Japanese had made it down to PNG and were bombing Darwin before the US got involved) so yes, thank you Roosevelt for coming to Australia's aid, I'm sure we all appreciate it.

Nonetheless, does that mean that I am obliged to sit back and applaud everything the US does? Does it seem logical to you that criticising the actions of the present government means that, in any way, I am against the US and everything it's done? No, not at all.

The reason you see a lot of criticism of the American government from me at the moment, is not because I'm anti-US or I have some deficiency that does not allow me to see the good things the US does, it's because - let's face it - you have a chimpanzee squatting in the whitehouse. I, honestly, cannot think of one good thing he has done either for the rest of the world or, indeed, for his own country. There was that pledge to grant money for research into alternative energy sources, but I'll applaud that when the money acually comes through.

So, in short, I do not hate the US, the US has done a lot of good for the world, but until Bush and those hateful men pulling his strings are out of the whitehouse, don't expect me to be throwing a whole lot of praise in your nation's direction.

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Oh, and you're welcome for the Crocodile Dundee films and Rupert Murdoch.

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Originally posted by LiquidX - I really think the people is not anti the american people, but anti-bush and it's administration. It's been said by the French people, all the people around the world, even the own Iraquis have said it, when Clinton was around, people around the world actually liked him, Im taking him as an example since that's been the president that has most recently been in office before Bush and compare.. but, I think that it's Bush's fault for the lack of diplomacy tours most countries. So really, I see more like an Anti-Bush thing, buut, since the president represents the country then, it converts to Anti-American. Just my plain thought.

you are so right, I think Bush is a complete moron, it is his fault that there is so much anti-americanism out there. After the 9-11 attacks the sorrow was big, also in Europe. We in Holland had 3 minutes of silence, and during those 3 minutes everything stopped. Everybody stopped at the side of the highway, all the radios stopped airing songs and the tv's went black.....

This won't happen now because lots of people from Holland think that America only thinks about themselves, and I am very sorry but I tend to agree with those people.

I believe that America will become the next Israel, constant fear of suicide attacks, I don't want that to happen but the US wil face many more suicide attacks when they keep on going straight in that messy road they are going in...

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