Grammar Geek wrote:

Really? Americans are the source of conflict between Ireland and England? For the atrocities in Darfur? For the years of Apartheid in South Africa? It was America who created the conflict over Kashmir between India and Pakistan? And the love shared by Geeks and Turks... that too is because of America? Wow. To think  Americans have been creating evil in the world hundreds of years before our country was ever formed. That's interesting... or dare I say, quite curious!

Ruslana wrote:

So, the USA are guilty in the death of the dinosaur? Curious... It's always easy to lump the blame on someone, but I don't think there's just one culprit of this or that crime. If the American foreign policy is as it is ('causing wars and problems'), that means other countries allow it, willingly or unwillingly, to be as it is. Why don't you blame other countries for that they let the USA do it?

and Did U.S make the Hatch in Ozone too? or maybe it causes global warming !

there's no kidding here, we r talking about these days not at the time which this country was un-mentioned at all.

i mean, the war in Iraq, the unaccepting and un respect of Iran activity, the American Army in South-East of Asia, Guantanamo Prison, the changes in Middle-East...

It's always easy to lump the blame on someone, but I don't think there's just one culprit of this or that crime. If the American foreign policy is as it is ('causing wars and problems'), that means other countries allow it, willingly or unwillingly, to be as it is. Why don't you blame other countries for that they let the USA do it?

right, i don't blame U.S at all !

not at all cases the criminal only has to be blamed, the people arround him are sharing the guilt sometimes.

Mr. Curious, it's clear that you hate the U.S., and that's fine. I won't be able to change your mind. And I will be among the Americans who tell you that I'm embarrassed by things my government has done, and I won't even try to sit here and defend every American foreign policy because some are indefensible.

However, it's an absurd statement to claim that American policies are responsible for every evil in the world. It's a shoddy debate tatic and uses emotion rather than facts. The fact is, conflict in this world has existed throughout the history of mankind, and to pin all evils in the world -- many of which exist today based on generation after generation of conflict -- on a country that has been in existance less than 250 years over the entire span of time is a poor argument.

(P.S. The England/Ireland conflict I referred to existed for CENTURIES before the US ever existed, so to refer to England as the U.S.'s twin is illogical. Regarding Watergate, I believe you meant the Iran-Contra affair.)

MrCurious wrote:

So, who is to blame? The thief? or the houseolder who forgot to lock his door? Have you seen anyone having been tried in a court for leaving his door unlocked before he went to bed and was unfortuanely robbed by a thief?

If I've never seen it, so what? If such a householder has never been tried for his carelessness, my opinion is that he should be because next time he may drive a car drunk, which may entail a crash with victims. (Saying this, I'm not that serious, of course.) Just by the by: there's such a term in the Russian legislation as 'criminal negligence'.

The mentioned householder takes his part of guilt in any case. It's just another type of guilt.

Dew 2007 wrote:

And this may be regarded as one of the biggest problems. Greed is the Name of it.

Well said.

Hemavich wrote:

i am totally with all who said that the world's biggest problem nowadays is America's foreign policy, or what is worth naming "The American Interference" .

I don't agree it's the world's biggest problem.