Skull Pilot
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- Nov 17, 2007
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so we have no obligation like I saidThe day I need you to tell me what to read is the day I get a lobotomyin 1776 we had neither the ability nor the desire to get involved with the political situations in other countries. In fact we were still technically a British colony
I thought everyone knew that
To say we in 1776 took on the responsibility to bring free speech to the world is absolutely ludicrous
If you like, I will be happy to start your education of American History - it is clearly lacking.
I suggest you start with the Declaration of Independence, with particular emphasis on paragraph 2. However, you must read it in its entirety to understand the intent, and content, of paragraph 2.
When you're done with this, you should move on to the writings of Thomas Jefferson,. Although a review of the Federalist papers, The Federalist Papers Summary | GradeSaver, probably would serve you best prior to delving into Jefferson.
When you're done with all that, I suggest the following:
Why the United States Should Spread Democracy - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, an excellent treatise on spreading democracy from Harvard University, though not time specific.
http://www.choices.edu/about/documents/usrole_futures.pdf, and interesting discussion about the US role in the world.
If you wish to start slow, http://www.c3teachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NewYork_8_American_Expansion.pdf, a NY state guide on social studies for 8th graders about expansionism.
But, please - do not bother me with one sentence pulled out of one reference, without context. Either read them all or just don't read any. In order to have an intelligent discussion, you need to have an adequate foundation.
Instead, you choose to live your life in blissful ignorance, coming here only to make caustic remarks in a failed attempt to revive a flagging ego.
So sad ...
SHow me the legislation that says we must spread democracy around the world.
We have no obligation to do so. Just because some people think we "should" means nothing.
Just looking at our track record of how well we spread democracy should be enough to tell you that we shouldn't be doing it
and if you think that lobotomy remark was caustic then you are far too sensitive to be here.
LOL ----
"Show me the legislation, which starts with the letter T, and the fourth word is forth, and it is exactly 1251 words long, that says we must spread democracy around the world, oh, by the way, it can't be written by anybody who has an s in their name."
I win! I win!
Give me a freakin' break.