All this hate for U.S.A. what if we closed our borders and took care of us?

Question

Only import & export what we need to,but very limited to everyone else see who stands on their own & who cries for help!

I'ts funny how the negetive remarks turn into Bush bashing think of it as Americans
Aslo, if you can't spell don't answer.

It was a joke on how everyone is spelling out there but I do give you cudos!!

Answer 1

our funding Fathers never prescribed "closing our borders", however they did prescribe what should make an American a true Patriot. We should "take care of US" first, before we look for the needle in the eye of our brother and or neighboors

Answer 2

Iran was a democracy in 1953 until the US overthrew that government. It would be nice if the US had stayed home.

In 1983, Donald Dumbsfeld sold chemical weapons and anthrax to Saddam Hussein to help him kill more than a million Iranian soldiers, all out of petty US revenge for the islamic revolution in Iran. (Of course, if the US hadn't OVERTHROWN the democracy in 1953, there wouldn't have BEEN an islamic revolution, would there?)

And let's not forget, in 1979 the US refused to offer military and financial support the PTK democratic movement in Iran; after the fall of the Shah, there was a power vacuum, but instead of supporting a democratic and slightly socialist movement, the US (Carter AND Reagan) chose to abandon them and LET the islamic fascists take over.

Or, in Latin America:

The Cuban people - including Fidel Castro - were seeking democracy and an end to the pro-US fascist dictatorship. Instead of supporting a democratic movement, the US sent weapons and training in support of Batista. The result? The democratic movement turned to communism because the US opposed democracy within the country.

Or consider the many Central and South American countries that now have "new left" governments (pro-capitalist and socialist). For decades, the US opposed and overthrew democratic governments in many of those countries, supporting or imposing fascist juntas that were pro-US: Nicaragua, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, plus many others.

There are more than 40 instances worldwide where the US prevented or helped destroy democratic movements in the name of "US interests". (Koreans wanted democracy in the 1960s but the US supported military strongmen; the Philippines wanted democracy after WWII, but the US wanted a pro-US puppet they could control.) The US has even deliberately interfered in free and fair democratic elections in Greece, Nicaragua, and ENGLAND (ask the CIA about their dirty tricks that helped oust Sir Edmund Heath and his Labour government in 1968) because it was in "US interests".

The US even opposed a communist government where communism was actually favourable to what the US was supporting: Cambodia. The US supported the Khmer Rouge *KNOWING* the killing fields were going on yet still tried to prevent Vietnam's involvement.

Eventually the US lost interest and the Vietnamese invaded. The result? The Vietnamese (who were anti-Soviet, they just wanted the weapons and training) stopped the mass murders and set up a stable government (NOT a puppet) in Phnom Penh, and Cambodia has flourished as a communist country in the same way that Vietnam has. In case you can't read, Vietnam, which is still communist, is about to join the WTO on its own terms. It has a free market economy, and Cambodia is heading the same way.

The US *does not* believe in democracy for anyone else *unless* the US benefits by it; the US interferes for its own selfish interests. And where US involvement IS needed, the US runs and cowers (Darfur, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burma, etc.) saying "It's not our problem" (read: "It's not profitable").

Go ahead and stay home, the world will love you for it. Literally.



Additonal:

"josh m", the 'questioner', should follow his own advice:

] I'ts funny how the negetive remarks turn into Bush bashing
] think of it as Americans
] Aslo, if you can't spell don't answer.

"I'ts"? "Negetive"? "Aslo"?

To "josh m": If you can't spell - or read a history book - don't ask dumb questions.


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Answer 3

If you guys abandoned your foreign policy i think the world would be a better place. Sorry but I do. Aid would still come from America because it is given by the citizens, most of which seem to be relatively intelligent, caring people, you claim you would still import export so you wouldnt have a huge effect on the world economy, and so all i think would be missing would be your military involvement in foreign countries, which i have to say has been pretty abysmally done in recent years. What you would actually do would be to unite the world more, because without US the european countries would pull tighter together for strength, Britain in particular would be forced to be more active in europe, and at the same time you would stop inciting racial hatred throughout the arab world, easing (though admittedly not stopping) the tensions between Muslim and Western civilisations

Answer 4

As far as I know, the whole world loved america when Clinton (to name one) was the president. I wonder if all this hatred has to do with Mr. Bush and his bright ideas.... (*hint of sarcasm there*). Respect comes to those that deserve it. America IS a good country (yet, don't forget WHO made America: the Indians originally, the Irish, the Italians, the French, etc). It just needs a good leader like it has in the past. But I do see your point and America has done a lot for other countries and on MANY occasions. Just not in the past 5 years....

Answer 5

You could refine it down a little:
(1) Secure the borders and prevent illegals from streaming in like an unhindered flood. This would also mean deporting ALL illegals already in the US, changing citizenship laws to exclude from automatic citizenship those born here of an illegal.
(2) Stop interfering in other governments and forcing them to adopt a democratic form of government and abandon the stupid Bush idea that the US must force "freedom" upon other people whether they want it or not. Muslim nations do nnot want US-style government or customs.
(3) Stop blind support for Israel and cease giving Israel billions of dollars each year for military equipment used to attack Arab civilians. In the Middle East the Arabs see the US and Israel as one nation, and the hatred against Israel is transferred to the US by association.

It seems to me that the big disaster for America is Bush's twisted concept of the US role in the world. The best we can hope for at this point is that the Democratic control of Congress will stop some of Bush's idiocy, not that the Dems have any real valid plans for anything because they don't.

Answer 6

Closing off our borders would go against the very principals the country was founded upon. If it weren't for immigration and exchange outside of the country, you wouldn't even be sitting there at your computer talking about this right now. Neither would I, or anyone else here from the USA. Most of the world hates the USA because of people like our current president, who believe that we have a right to boss every other country around. And even threaten them if things don't fit 'our' liking. After all, that is pretty much all the rest of the world sees of the USA. So you can't really blame them for hating it.

Answer 7

There wouldn't be an "us" if people from other nations hadn't chosen to move here. We have rules and regulations that control the influx of visitors and those who want to become residents. However, as long as you have greedy business people who hire illegals because they know the illegals will accept lower pay, what can Bush or any of his playmates do?

Until Americans stop abusing the laws, there isn't much we can do.

Answer 8

Sounds good but won't happen any time soon. We still have that big energy appetite that we have barely begun to deal with. Bush showed what he thinks of energy conservation as soon as he got into office when he struck down efficiency standards for water heaters. And letting the oil companies set our "energy policy". We will need the oil until we get off our butts and do something instead of just talking about it.

Answer 9

We already basically tried that before WW2 thats why we didnt get in the war until after Pearl Harbor. It really didnt work very well and you all arent thinking about the things you would miss. Anything that comes here from other countries we would all of a sudden be unable to get anymore. I mean why would they trade with us then.
And for Nelli I ask you who did we steal from?

Answer 10

You are exactly right!It wouldnt take long for the world to crumble.All of these countries that hate us have been propped up by us or physically protected by us for decades.How quickly yhey forget WW2.But if you want to find some pro American countries look at all the ones that got their freedom when the Berlin wall fell.They all know what it was like living under the Kremlin.And they have all sent troops to support us in the middle east.Although not many. They dont have to much to offer but its there.

Answer 11

Yeah I agree, If it wasn't for America alot of people would be going hungry. America also helps people have freedom by fighting their wars. There are more countless acts that America dose to help out.

People seem to forget we do alot in this world and start hating.

I bet if we did close our borders and only helped ourselfs and countries like Isreal and England there would be alot of crying. I think if we stop buying OIl from Middle Eastren countries you guys will want us back. Why else do they put up with our demands? They need us and they hate it.