Imperialism: noun.
1. The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
There are currently over 200,000 U.S. soldiers stationed in approximately 1000 military bases, which are in around 150 different countries world wide. Nearly 300 of these bases are in the Middle East.
Terror, as defined by Wikipedia, is a political strategy of the asymmetrical use of threats or violence against enemies using means that fall outside the routine forms of political struggle operating within some current regime.
Terrorism is performing acts of terror, as defined above.
About two months ago I got to see Newt Gingrich speak at Oral Roberts University. After he was done giving his little speech, my older sister, brother, and I got into a discussion with a few students from the university about some random political issues. Eventually the topic of the Middle East came up, and at one point in the conversation I blurted out "I think that the United States is over in these countries, terrorizing them for our governments own agenda. I think that we are terrorists."
You can probably imagine the following stares and faces. If you can't, they looked like this:
I'm not about to tell you that there aren't people out there in the world that have some serious problems with America. As a matter of fact, most of the world has a problem with America. I have a problem with us, and so should you.
I don't typically watch Fox or CNN. I sincerely dislike them. In my honest opinion, they're fear-mongering, war-mongering propaganda pundits. They all want you to believe that the whole of the Middle East is a bunch of rag-headed Muslims who hate America and our "freedom" and our "Christianity."
Well, first of all, if you're really convinced that the Qur'an is a book that preaches violence and that all the Muslims in the Middle East want to "kill all the infidels," I'd suggest you go do some research. However, since I know you're too lazy to do it, I'll provide you with some.
Way back when, when Rick Santorum was still in the Presidential bid, I would have a discussion here and there about some of his supporters, and they were all adamant about one thing in particular: we have to invade Iran because they want to have nukes, and if they have nukes they'll blow up Israel, and we support Israel because we're Christians like Santorum, which is why we support Santorum.
Well I hate to be blunt here, but they don't. Most people site the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) when they try to argue that Iran wants nukes, but in the words of Iran, IAEA has "pro-Western bias" and just wants us to invade them more. I know you're thinking "really? You trust Iran over your own government? They're the ones who want the nukes!" Well actually, yeah, I do. When exactly has the American government been known to tell the truth? "Oh don't worry slaves, you'll get 40 acres." "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman." "I am not a crook!" "Ah, America, the land of the free! Except for you natives, get back in your reservation!"
Iran isn't building nuclear warheads. The CIA knows it, Israel knows it, Mossad knows it (for those of you who don't know, Mossad is to Israel as the CIA is to the U.S.). Everyone knows it, but nobody admits it. Even Iran is like "srsly guise we need this nuclear power plant to keep our country running, stop trying to shut it down."
"What was that Iran? I can't hear you over the sound of our bombs exploding all over you!" - America
":(" - Iran
"In exchange for suspending its enrichment program, Iran has been offered "a long-term comprehensive arrangement which would allow for the development of relations and cooperation with Iran based on mutual respect and the establishment of international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program." However, Iran has consistently refused to give up its enrichment program, arguing that the program is necessary for its energy security, that such "long term arrangements" are inherently unreliable, and would deprive it of its inalienable right to peaceful nuclear technology."
How is this related to us being terrorists, you ask? I believe that we are terrorists because our government has flared up this conflict between the American people and the people of these Middle Eastern countries with their hateful propaganda and racism. Because of this hate and racism, many Americans advocate these wars that we're fighting, when we're killing more defenseless civilians than Al Qaeda members. We're terrorizing the civilians of Iran right now, just like we did to Iraq, as you read this. We're breaking into random houses and doing sweeps. We're interrogating and torturing innocents for information that we have no evidence that they even have. If you don't believe me, then I implore you to watch this video. No, I dare you to watch this video, then look me in the eye and tell me we're not doing something extremely wrong overseas.
