[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]No it isn't. There is a lot of good that the U.S. can and should do in the world. mrbojangles25
yea but the recent trend among other nations is Americaphobia...even if we have the best intentions, they wont want us getting involved.
Its sad, and I agree we can do a lot of good (we do, actually...stationing hospital ships off of tidal-wave struck countries, sharing our constant wheat surplus, etc) but we cant cram our help down their throats.
Well, I don't think other people hate America to the degree in which they would refuse our aid if they were in dire need of it. I'm a little wary to use the example of Iraq, but when we initially invaded, there was a very brief period where we were in fact - to use what are now Dick Cheney's infamous words - "greeted as liberators" by the Iraqi people (of course that did quickly change do to incredible mismanagement of the war).I think it is reasonable to assume that if the U.S. were to reach out its hand to an oppressed people in need, that its hand would be grasped, not shoved away because of hatred for the U.S. (assuming that the effort is genuine and properly managed). And if they don't accept our aid, there are plenty of other people that could use the aid, both domestically and abroad.
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