why is America always in need of an enemy?

Question

why do we love to hate on other cultures and at the same time view ourselves as the greatest people on earth.

just in the 20th century

first it was the Nazis then the Asians then the communists then the Muslims and now the Mexicans.

why is that?!

Answer 1

When you are a Military-Industrial country you need a good bloody conflict to make money.

Answer 2

WOW!!! Your really know how to start a riot in yahoo answers!!!! LOL
Ok...I understand your question...but you seem to be a little broad.
Asians, Muslims, and Mexicans could be defined as a people group....diversity in culture.
Communism is more a way of life. Though Americans have been known through out history for labeling anything they don't understand as communism.
Nazis are just....bad. Other then possible labeling, I am not sure why you are grouping it with the others????
So why does America need an enemy????
Sometimes I wonder if it is really about needing an enemy or more about control. Maybe the enemy part comes in after the fact to justify our actions???

Answer 3

Actually, it is how our country was founded. First hating the British, then the Indians, then the British again, and then eachother during the Civil war and then The Mexicans, and the Phillipines, then the Germans, then the Nazi's and Japan, then the Communists in Soviet Union, Korea, and Vietnam, and Nicaragua, El Salvador and Chili. And now the Mexicans and Iraqis and Muslims. Yes, we have a nasty history of fear and hatred in this country. It's on the verge of sociopathic coupled with our schizophrenic foreign policies. I think our whole country needs to go through psychotherapy. It doesn't help when over half the country are a bunch of religious nuts coupled with a great love of killing machines and weapons and guns.
The fact that our government lies to us throughout history doesn't help matters either. They love manipulating the public to fight their corporate wars for them.

Answer 4

well... I think some of those nations picked on us a bit too...

but I think there is a certain "need" for an enemy...

I think to a degree, Americans thrive off competition... be it with ourselves in political parties or among other nations... (sorry if I'm getting a little "patton-ish" here)

it drives us... it's almost our national drug...

now, I don't exactly think it's a bad thing though... maybe we take it to extremes at times, granted, but it's also a major reason why we are who we are and why we have our position in the world...

it's a blessing and a curse...

Answer 5

How would the military industrial complex explain the $billions$ they steal if peace ever broke out

With an enemy....there is always an enemy....to question the stealing of the military industrial complex is "unpatriotic".

"Don't you....... support the troops?"

Because we all know that Halliburton stealing $billions$ while 1 in 6 military families draws welfare....is good for the troops.

So follow along closely class...repeat after me

1. Corporate Welfare is patriotic

2. Supporting the corporate theft of tax dollars....tax dollars that, if left un-stolen might go towards helping the troops...Supporting the theft by corporations of tax dollars that could have funded the troops.....is "supporting the troops"

3. If 1 & 2 seem logical to you...Congratualtions...you're a Republican !

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Please ask Tyler (above) what method of transportation the Germans used to get their Stuka dive bombers to Pearl Harbor ?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Did u ever think .. America Ever loved any country without any hidden Ajenda? So, first of all try to love others... and think others are also human beings not only theAmericans having the right to live in the world and they also having same right to live If Just think u will get more answers by yourslef.

Answer 8

Money.. we need an enemy so we have fear...fear sells taxes...fear sells insurance....fear sells period. we sell more weapons world wide than any other country...without enemies who needs guns? we make enemies so we can sell weapons and defense.

More money for the Pentagon, CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzales reports, while its own auditors admit the military cannot account for 25 percent of what it spends.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions," Rumsfeld admitted.

$2.3 trillion — that's $8,000 for every man, woman and child in America. To understand how the Pentagon can lose track of trillions,.......this from CBS news 9/10/01 it was forgotten after the next day, 9/11/01

Answer 9

the nazis it because of the bombing of pearl harbor and that was a good cause

the asians and communists were the same war and it wasnt really against asians as a race but more so against communism because we faught north korea who just had a shitty dictator and then 'nam cuz well for no good reason

we didnt start a war against muslims they just were there what we really started a war over was bushes personal issues

now its the only thing we are even remotly good at (even tho we rnt as good as we used to be)
and there is no war against mexicans only dislike (sometimes extreme dislike but not large scale blood shed over)

Answer 10

Good question.

They need to sell Abraham Tank and missiles. America defense industry is privatized. They motivate to start a new conflict so that they can sell bomb.

Scary.

Answer 11

The enemy a/k/a "terrorists" have something of value that regimes of America wants. (It's not the American people...they know nothing. It's the Presidential Administrations)