“She (America) goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”
– John Quincy Adams
“We are a peaceful people”
– George W. Bush.
“[Our] people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want war but does not fear it. It loves peace, but also its honor and freedom.”
– Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Let’s look at the numbers:
(Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/
http://www.krysstal.com/democracy/display_acts.php)
0-Times Panama has invaded America
6-Times America has invaded Panama (1895, 1901, 1908, 1912, 1925, 1989)
2-Times America has invaded the Dominican Republic (1916, 1965)
0-Times Dominican Republic has invaded America
2-Times America invaded Iraq
0-Times Iraq invaded America
2-Military missions to occupy Lebanon (1958, 1983)
0-Lebanese troops sent to USA
1-Times the UK has invaded the USA
0-Times USA has invaded UK (Note: The United Kingdom is the only state that has done unto us more than we have done to it)
3,000,000-South East Asians killed in native country by USA
0-Americans killed at home by South East Asians
40,000-Nicaraguans killed by USA supported terrorists
0-Americans killed by Nicaraguans
100,000 to 800,000-South Koreans killed by U.S.-backed Synhman Rhee government
0-Americans killed by Synhman Rhee government
100s-Chad villagers tortured, poisoned or burned to death by a USA trained and supported government
200,000-Columbians killed by American backed military and allies
1-American bombings of Serbia
0-Serbian bombings of America
180,000-Killed by USA supported death squads in El Salvador and Guatemala during the 1980s
0-Americans killed by Salvadoran and Guatemalan supported death squads in the 1980s.
32,000-Killed by U.S.-backed fascist governments in Uruguay, Chile and Argentina
2-Number of Americans murdered by the governments of Uruguay, Chile and Argentina while in the United States
600,000-Killed by U.S. client Suharto in Indonesia in 1965
0-Killed by Suharto in the USA in 1965
500,000-Children who died as a consequence of American bombing and sanctions from the time of the Gulf War to Operation Iraqi Liberation
2,800-Killed in September 11, 2001 attacks
4,000-Afghan civilians killed to date from Operation Enduring Freedom
100,000-Iraqis killed to date from Operation Iraqi Freedom
1,400-Americans killed to date from Operation Iraqi Freedom
750,000-Iraqis killed since the first Gulf War, through the sanctions and the liberation
1,700-Americans killed since the first Gulf War, through the sanctions and the liberation
200,000-Americans suffering from Gulf War Syndrome
“There is at the head of this great continent a very powerful country, very rich, very warlike, and capable of anything… the United States seems destined to plague and torment the continent in the name of freedom.”
-Simn Bolvar (the “George Washington of South America”)
192-Sovereign countries in the world
135-Countries in which the USA has an “Active Duty Military Personnel”