Post-Revolutionary, our nation bolstered itself, its army, power and influence in the world.
In just a couple hundred years, we have risen above those nations who have been unified and established a lot longer than we have. That's great. Most immigrants, my ancestors included, came to this land because of the power, prosperity, growth and success it offered. We industrialized and set the precedence for the nations who tried to colonize us and from which most of us hailed. We really did show up our neighbors. So, maybe the US feels the need to constantly remind everyone who the hell we are, that we will never change, and we won't back down. Well, arrogance and egotistical tendencies always seem to drive those who contain those attributes to the ground.
Uncle Sam forgets about Vietnam, Hiroshima and the Cold War era where we left Afghanistan to the Russians for them to blow them back into the stone age. This created angry and hostile feelings which in turn, stirred Al Qaeda groups and their hatred for America. One blatant example is Osama Bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks. Sadly, we all know how that terrible day turned out for thousands and how it continues to affect us today. And when I say us, I mean the world because in deed, people all over the world suffered from our wounds too. Vietnam was a failure and left millions dead and many more maimed and emotionally scarred. The atomic bomb drop on Japan, all though experts say saved the US' ass, killed and deformed many. The affects of the radiation still appear via genetic mutations in the Japanese descendants in the bomb areas today. The soldiers who dropped the bomb knew the second they did so was a huge mistake. President Truman also expressed our country would never use such a weapon again. Well, too late.
Yes, we always like to show the world who is boss. Yes, many times we get involved we see victories. But us becoming involved never ceases to spread its affects. Today, almost 12 years after 9/11 and 11 years of uneventful war in the mid-east, President Obama, along with the United States congress, would like to become involved with Syria, a Northern African nation fighting for their freedom. In their civil war, Syrian rebels are using chemicals to harm and kill innocent people, not disregarding children. It's terrible. It's awful. But in 1997, a whole genicide in Rwanda, a western nation in Africa, was taking place. Over 100,000 men, women and children were hacked to death with machettes. What did America and President Clinton do, not a damn thing. Why? Because there was nothing to gain from it.
But, here, we have precious oil to protect, the blood that courses through the United States' veins. The solution for Syria though is to air-strike them with missiles. This will undoubtedly kill more children and innocent lives, but that's okay because Uncle Sam is pulling the trigger. We can't let some Islamic president and his unruly people tell our WASPY asses what to do. Oh, no. Let's send more troops, send more maimed men and women home, kill some Americans and Syrians and spend more money we do not have, just to prove a fucking point, that America has balls.
We will not let anyone take control of our oil wealth. Not to mention if we do this, you better damn well keep your head up for more low flying planes because this will piss terrorists off even more. And not to mention, China and Russia. And we already owe China over a billion dollars so if they want, they can blow the shit out of us. They won't though, because Chinese government is smarter, wiser than that. They will watch the United States, an immature, reckless teen, play with their guns and missiles and when they make a mess they can't clean up, China will come in like a fire-breathing dragon who has no mercy.
So Uncle Sam, you have your fun, but just remember, Rome wasn't invincible, and we, like Rome, too shall come to pass.
