america is said to be the leader of the free world while im still skeptic of how free we really are i must say it could always be worse in afghanistan during a speech by president Karzai a missile hits not to far away karzai never flinches and keeps talking without pause so in turn as everyone must have already realized afghanistan is without a doubt one of the top five worst places to live. ive heard bin laden was in pakistan but have only heard rumors. i cant find the vid yet but will post it as soon as i find it.

The United States is a rich country (also in alot of debt) but is not the "best,free" country to live in.

Yes i agree but by many Americans its viewed as the best and strongest yet is far from either.

true true, america is losing its freedom little by little by giving up rights for security
im guessing that some time in the future america is just going to fit into the crowd of other countries

I agree and disagree. In the future America will probably be the only communist government in the world.
While we advocate freedom we are simply distributing our own for cheap securities and a war no one believes in anymore.

The "good old" America is what I like from what I had seen on television and documentaries, looks great. But not really anymore.

The new America is somewhat like the old Iran (Persia) conquering through force and giving liberties as to be diplomatic, it just so happens that our good old bush
doesn't have the intelligence level of Darius or Xerxes and its not 400 b.c.e. anymore.
look at it like this, Bush has installed three different governments in Iraq.
each time a new one was put in he said the other didn't meet the needs of that country well wonder what would happen if Russia stepped in and said that the bush regime didnt meet the needs of this country.

WOW! You saw 300 like everyone else.

PS-Very VERY bad comparison. Persians weren't free by any means.

No not my point and i haven't seen 300 (though i'd like to) but i have seen a special on the events surrounding 300 on the history channel. My point was that Persia conquered lands and allowed them the right to their own religion and to govern themselves.
Not that were exactly like the Persians but the comparison in part with the specifics of the conversation are relatively accurate.

OK, but we are in no way and imperalistic nation. Even if it was all lies, we invaded the places we did for our own national security, not to conquer and control them.

There are specific policies that say the land we have, is the land we have, and we shall aquire no more by force.

Puerto Rico could one day become the 51st, but even that is a long shot.


PS- If Russia stepped in and tried to tell us ANYTHING, they would be promptly engaged, and destroyed...no questions asked.