America - The most evil country in history

It sometimes gets tiresome. It seems that every day, I get the privilege of hearing yet another new “argument” from those representing the views of the far left. Unfortunately, when you start to think about all the arguments, regardless of topic, they seem to blur together in a morass of “yet another reason to hate America”.

Just in the last several days, I have seen/heard/read people blaming the US for:
- the destruction of our forests, and indirect destruction of the rain forests
- the illegal invasion of Iraq, yadda yadda yadda
- inhumane treatment of terrorists in Guantanamo Bay
- the destruction of our oceans and the algae in them
- called the largest polluter in the world
- letting people around the world starve to death
- the unfettered exploitation of third world countries

We also, according to the “hate America” crowd, are the most racist and bigoted nation, we have no empathy/sympathy for our own poor and needy, and we are the most aggressive/violent nation to ever exist.

I could probably sit around for the next few weeks and find more and more of these reasons to ‘hate America’, but like I said, it is tiresome listening to such prattle.

Let’s look at some facts:
1. From a UN Study in 2005, the forest land in the US is growing by .1% per year.
2. The US invaded Iraq using the same type of information and motivation as Bill Clinton’s air strikes in December, 1998. Additionally, evidence existed showing that there was indeed a threat that Al Qaeda terrorists would gain access to chemical and/or biological weapons of mass destruction to be used against the US. Article 51 of the UN Charter permits preemptive strikes in case of an imminent threat. Remember 9/11 and Al Qaeda? President Bush decided this was an imminent threat, and he took action.
3. Human rights abuses for detainees determined to be enemy combatants? Please cite ANY precedent in the history of this planet that allows POWs or illegal enemy combatants to have a lawyer? That comes after the fighting has stopped and the war is over. As that may be a LONG time… I’d recommend those detainees get as comfortable as possible.
4. Algae in the oceans? How many ships does the US have compared to countries like China, Taiwan, Greece, Panama or Japan?
5. Largest polluter in the world…. I’m not even going to look this up. It might be true, it might not. I doubt that I would find any reliable statistics, so I’ll admit, we are the largest polluter.
6. Please name a single country where we let people starve?
7. Please name a single country that we are exploiting? (and remember, a contract in place set by two willing parties can not be called exploitation).

Maybe someday, those people whose actions really do speak tons more than their “I support the troops” stickers, will realize that they live in the greatest country this world has ever known. If they don’t, they should opt for another country that they think is better, and simply move there.

I’ve lived around the world, and I’ve seen plenty of both good and bad in it. And really, there ain’t no place like home.