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Americans split over being world’s policemen
Published: 04 December, 2009, 23:07
Edited: 12 December, 2009, 19:19
A survey in the United States has found that 49% of those asked say America should “mind its own business in the world” – while another 44% insist their country should “go its own way no matter what anyone else thinks.”
Anti-war campaigner Shaun Bowen told RT that Americans have begun seeing what US expansiveness costs them.
“Americans have seen what has happened with the economy, they see the growth of the expansion of federal power, they see all that stuff coming down and they are able to see that it’s because of our expansiveness, because of our empire, that it’s starting to cost them and their pockets more,” Shaun Bowen says.
He added that earlier the USA were the ones who were lending money, but now those seeking money go to Europe, to China, to Saudi Arabia, to Argentina, everywhere – to ask for money.
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Artyom I'll like a one on one with you if you dont mind (i always like a good debate) jayrm08@gmail.com those of you who wanna believe that the us is falling from the top anytime soon, well dream on. no doubt it is facing some hard times right now, but its perceived competitor -china, has at least a couple of decades of uninterrupted growth to catch up. Personally i dont think thats gonna happen, i consider myself a realist. I like to visit news websites from around the would -nile tv, cctv, ndtv... to name a view, this is the most anti american i've come across so far. there is a difference between anit-americanism and reasonable criticism and trust me there is a lot to be criticized. americans arguably are way better critics of themselves than anyone else (another reason it is a great country). How about you focus on building some real solid credibility with news from russia and its surrounding area, so that when something like the conflict with Georgia happens again i or people like me can come here read it and believe it! or maybe we are not your target audience.
To claim this news company is amateurish is hysterical. And to say that American Main Stream media's criticism of Russia is correct? So the main words when they mention Russia is, Death, Aggression, KGB, Empire, and Cold War. Now look at all the main stream news in America. They have shouting matches. They will invite guests only to silence them. This news site lets everyone being interviewed to speak. Which shows infinite amount of more professionalism than any Main Stream News can muster in America. Is criticism really Anti American Propaganda? If you see, they interview people like John Bolton, he isn't exactly loving of Russia. If you pay attention, they choose many voices in America and don't follow a spin of the Pentagon which actually does control the news, which was a story released in America. To control war effort, the Pentagon has been controlling American Main Stream News. How is that Anti American? As for economic problem, no Europe isn't damaged worse than America. Repeating that America wants people to think that is laughable. So they have a 1 trillion bail out package of American taxpayer dollars to fool the international community? Ignorance is bliss, but I have a feeling one person here is just defending the nation at a perceived threat. As for WWII, the end of the war, they set up Breton Woods which was when America set up its economic force. That's when all the dollars start flowing into reserves of other nations. By the way, the Federal Reserve is not a governmental branch, but a private bank that has NEVER been Audited. Americans claim Russia hasn't gotten past the Cold War, yet they come here crying Anti American propaganda. Look at foreclosures and unemployment, it is sad. As for me, I don't hate American people to think I am here just to vent against Americans. The Government hasn't listened to the American people. Obama said he'd bring the troops home, you can take that to the bank. Sends more to Afghanistan.. think.
The people of the world may not like it, but the fact is that America will police the world for at least the next seven years. There is no country with the power to change this course. This deal was sealed with a peace prize and the world news medias promote it completely. This is reality, so just get used to it.