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cali

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7. I don't think in those terms. Whether we are or are not, what's the point?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 09:41 AM

Sep 2014

Why bother? We're not going to disappear overnight. The reality is that the U.S. is a major factor in world affairs, sometimes for good, sometimes for ill. Obviously the world would be a very different place if the U.S. didn't wield as much power as it does.

Has the U.S. been a more of a force for good than for ill? That could be debated on several levels, but again, I think it's kind of pointless. It's unknowable.

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Do you agree with President Obama that "we are the indispensable nation"? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 OP

What he said is generally true, but that doesn't make us "indispensable." Orsino Sep 2014 #1

I am the lone yes so far yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #2

"Other" H2O Man Sep 2014 #3

No one country is singularly indispensable. Acting as such weakens neighbors who never have to do KittyWampus Sep 2014 #4

Same reason I didn't vote madokie Sep 2014 #6

We are the country that the world looks up to for leadership madokie Sep 2014 #5

I don't think in those terms. Whether we are or are not, what's the point? cali Sep 2014 #7

Underestimated? Horseshit. They knew exactly what was going down, and they've known Zorra Sep 2014 #8

Who you gonna call? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #9

Socially, I think we are aligned with the future in a way that no other country is BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #10

I think it to be a dangerous outlook for our citizens, but great for the egotists who... dmosh42 Sep 2014 #11

Of course not. Iggo Sep 2014 #12

Such nationalistic hubris precedes the fall of empires. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #13

I find the whiney self-pity in that statement very troubling, to be honest. bemildred Sep 2014 #14

" Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. " DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #17

We make ourselves indispensable. All of our interference in other countries both by the US jwirr Sep 2014 #15

Team America World Police, Fuck Yeah!!! NightWatcher Sep 2014 #16