xIrish you made some interesting points but i find the accuracy of many of your stuff far off.
Firstly yeh Britain wasn't the nicest country ever, during the 1700s or whenever we very much ruled the world and how we got there was unethical by todays standards, but i pride the knowlage that Britain has been more infulencial in this world than any other country ever. If it wasnt for us you Americans wouldan't be around anyhow, lets face we are your routes.
I work in a supermarket and i would probably say i rarely see people who are truely obese, when were talking obese in the American sense were talking about rolls and rolls of fat, we only have about 10% of the 'proper fatties' in the UK. Obesety tends to be mostly in kids in the UK anyhow because all they wanna do is watch TV and eat crap.
Lets face it America is crap when it comes to war, yeh you lost more soldiers, i don't have all the statistics, but it comes down to a couple of things. British forces are the best trained in the world, our tanks are the best in the world. If we want friendly fire we call the yanks for support.
I stand by the fact that many americans are oblivious about the world around them, if Americans had been more aware of current affairs, this terrorist escopade would have never happened to the extent it did.
Again, we were hated in the 1700 coz we owned the world, America is hated now because it abuses the world.
75% of Terrorists come from America, prehaps not terrorist groups like eta and el-quida or whatever but lets look at a couple of things. America very much funded the IRA in Ireland, they fund a lot of world terrorism, all those school shootings, they are acts of terror, the washington sniper, Binners was trained by America.
America has killed more innocent lives than every country put togeather. Hiroshima was but 1 example, and no it wasn't necessary.
With this polution shit, America tried to pay other countries to take it's pollution quota and i beleive it actually crashed the talks because it was stuburn over the subject. Proportionately America is the worst polluter, your 300,000 over Chinas 2billion, you expect more pollution from bigger countries, especially a still developing one, America should be setting an example.
I didn't say Russia alone won the war, but America didn't win it for the world. Because of how America has self glorified itself to such an extent many of the true victors of the war don't get the true credit they deserve. Russia pushed Germany back to Berlin which ultimately won the war. D-Day wasn't an American thing, Canada and Britain all fort that particular battle.
I have the special addition of Saving Private Ryan and the commentry crap said it was based on a British mission.
America doesn't give a great deal of aid. For such a free country your leaders really have you eating their words. America is one of ths stingiest with aid, especially regarding the third world. We all know that the third world has its debts, many countries have either let off those debts or seriously reduced the amount that needs to be paid back, oh no, not America though, they are partly responsible for the condition of the third world in this respect.
I think the 'Problem with America' regard was a bit poor to be honest. Countries are really just pieces of dirt with a name attached to them after all. I wouldan't really admit my country had leaders if they were like Bush 'n' Co. Leading America from 1 disaster to the next.
Should i have been more specific on my answer and said we don't have a problem with American 'people'?
Oh, i missed the crime one out. Lowest in 30 years...hmm...great. Still, your crimerate is the worst in the world, but i stand by the fact its coz you promote murder by letting people walk around with guns. The washington sniper thing and the school killings wouldan't have happened if they were banned. I laugh at the fact that people think they have the right to decide who lives who dies. Wanna protect your house? Get an alarm, there probably cheaper and they arent gonna kill anyone, that 'i want to protect my family' stuff is bullshit, the reat of the world manage.