Is it the United States destiny to rid the world of evil?
535795
We are the face of evil to about 95% of the world right now. We think it's OUR job to define evil for everyone else. If we wanted to rid the world of evil we'd look for bin Lade, not waste our time and lives in iraq.
919456
Hi, Triumph.  Every big brother has a tendency to poke his ugly nose into the affairs of the younger ones.  US is no exception.  Till the commencement of Second World War, the US was a non-interfering country and it was busy in the development of its own people.  When it became a super power, it started to think that it has got a right to inerfere in the affairs of other countries as if it is the protector of the entire globe.  This attitude of superiority complex has become the major hindrance for the international peace because some other countries also want to follow the same principle.
643866
I certainly hope so!  Sometimes I wonder if the neo-isolationists have ever read about how Hitler was allowed to build his war machine and launch WWII?  Ten years later, 6 million dead Jews, after a global war.  OOPS?!\n\nDoes anyone really think that the U.S. should do nothing about rogue states like Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan under the Taliban?
1007528
we have to do every thing we can to fight the new world order ( world government) \nit is what they want and they are driving us towards that direction on purpose.\nplease fight the new world order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nby knowledge read about it the more you know the stronger you become!!!\nand if some people categorize it under a conspiracy theory to underestimate the concept.\nIT IS INFACT A CONSPIRACY!!! BUT A DIRTY CONSPIRACY AGAISNT HUMANITY.
1185515
No. If we continue on in this manner we are doomed to self destruct and become a second world country. The number one problem with the American people is that we for some reason think that only people who have never struggled to make it understand the needs of the other 85% of Americans.
412119
one day if the US gets a little more power over the rest of the world and some technological advances the US could actually become and empire and use its influence to in effect rule the world.....or.....maybe one day the superpowers of the world will decide to band together and make the entire world and all its people into an unbreakable empire...hey you may laugh now but one day it could happen.
166981
Definite NO! If that were to happen, then freewill would be forfeited to that power. If one disagrees with that power, it could mean death for that person.\n\nThis is going to happen though, in the not-too-distant future. America is that Superpower. You've already witnessed what happened in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. Soon America's going to just overrule the UN Security council & do what she pleases with the world. I say overrule in the assumption that 1 or 2 countries may disagree with this but most of them will agree with being ruled by America.
559084
No.  You don't defeat the enemy by becoming the enemy, you don't spread democracy abroad by curtailing it at home, you don't pledge liberty and justice for all and then add "except for the following...", because then any of us could end up on that list.  Our justice system is and has always been stronger than any one criminal, and if they're truly guilty we lose nothing by giving them the protections of law--they'll be convicted anyway, and our reputation for true justice will be even greater.  If we rig the system, as most countries do, we may get revenge--but our moral authority will be lost.  As it has already begun to be...
322448
Well, I would mind it if other countries hated mine. You are right that the USA should be loved more, but I guess you’re the easiest country to hate, as you are in control.\n\nYou can’t isolate yourself from the world because you will go bankrupt...
1133616
No to the theocracy in the US - but, in the same sense, I don't think we should push democracy on countries that will seriously be thrown into chaos as soon as it is introduced (USSR, China, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.). I think it's very arrogant of us Americans to think our way is the best way for everyone - the only way democracy truly works is if it evolves on its own when people get tired of the way things are being run.
471495
Just because they CAN destroy the world doesn't mean they WILL destroy the world. Let's say God came down upon you and said he would destroy the world at your command? Would you do it? NO.\n\nOkay back to the question. I think America's belief in every person is created equal and should have equal opportunities for happiness, etc, etc is going to lead to it's downfall. Have you noticed America is importing more and more thing from places such as INDIA AND CHINA? Ya know how you always see everything marked: "Made in China" Places with rising economies that pays it's workers like five cents an hour for factory work. In America the minimum wage in most states is about five DOLLARS an hour. And has anyone noticed the national dept lately? Do you think we're ever going to be able to pay it off while policing the world? To make a long story short: Eventually China is going to take over the title of world superpower.
236223
You have a group of people who've grown up being taught that the USA is evil, and that by fighting it they get a free ticket to Heaven.  We then go right into the middle of their world to start a fight.  It is not something that will end in a matter of months.  \nNot defending or condemning the decision to go, but we have to understand that now that we are there, it may be a while before things calm down
550986
The world would descend into chaos, possibly another Dark Age.  The United States is simply the greatest force for good on earth.
448489
We are the land of the free. The USA is not an evil place. It's just we have the wrong people running this country. There priorities are messed up. If we can all come together and take care of our own problems first then worry about someone else's problems, we wouldn't be considered evil.
682530
definitely. its to discourage people from being evil.
262773
We can only speculate on that. Look into the counter world of this. Each choice you make causes something different to happen. History has the same effect. I believe somewhere that happned. All the worlds are balanced. Okay i got off topic.\nI believe there would be no more u.s.a\n~Blessed be~
581310
Its not likely.\n\nIndeed, its unlikely that any nation will eclipse the United States any time soon.