Internationalism

I am starting to despise internationalists. Every time an American wants to act Patriotic or be proud of their country they obtain the label of being a "nationalist" as if nationalism was a bad idea. Don't forget who were true internationalists: Marx, Engels, Lenin, all sorts of murderous communists and socialists. Internationalists do not remember that other countries in the world hate us, and if we were to embrace everyone with open arms and form a nation of all, we would be the first targets of these belligerent governments. Imagine how loving those terrorists would be if we embraced them with loving arms. The extremists in the Middle East hate us because they think we are immoral, stupid people because we don't share the same "morals" as they, i.e. the values of the Taliban. If the world were to become fully embracing, we would have to accept and even be forced to adopt irrational practices of communist ideology and fundamentalist values. America is such a great nation because it can mix freedom and security so well and has such a strong economic system that has withstood the test of time. Open up to the rest of the world and no American will be able to live the lifestyle that he or she embraces today. God Bless America.

Some people claim if America becomes too Patriotic it will be fascist. For everyone's clarification, nationalism and fascism are not the same. Fascism is ultra-nationalism but that is only one component of the ideology. Fascists also believe in a single-party state, no civil liberties (including the right to protest; America lets protesters freely protest in the streets), and most importantly (sorry to those liberals out there) an extremely regulated economy that dwarfs most of the regulations asserted by liberal American politicians. Fascist Italy was an extremely regulated country, dwarfed only by Nazi Germany and Communist Russia. Most people who accuse others of being fascists only understand a very small part of fascism. Fascism is a complicated, developmental program.

*Note from Anger Central
We weren't certain this should go up. While we agree with the sentiments, we're still trying to decide if it meets the guidelines. On the other hand we do need an entry in the "I" section. :)

American / Canadian Relations 2

I have read through most of the posts on this site and have to admit I get a chuckle over most of the material I read. Good job and great concept from the creator

Now my rant: To situate where I am coming from, I am a Canadian citizen and proud of the country I live and even more proud that I have loyally served my country for 20 years. I am proud to be Canadian and proud to stand-up for all values and ideas (whether I agree with them or not) within this country. Likewise, I respect United States for what it believes in and espouses as a nation (once again whether I agree or not).

To all those Canadians that think they have some perceived moral high ground over our US neighbours, I say you are speaking from a platform of ignorance and generally lack worldly experience. I have travelled to all parts of Canada and most of the US states (and Europe, South America and Asia for that matter) and can say with conviction, we share the same degree of enlightened individuals and our idiots are not lacking on both sides of the border. To our American neighbours, I have read some feedback and posts, on this site, and others, that “pigeon holes” the average Canadian as a left leaning “pinko” or a whiner, or an anti-American self proclaimed enlightened individual somewhere between an American and a European….the list goes on. I say shame on you. That is equal to me saying all Americans like to tote guns, only claim to speak “American” and not English and generally lack any knowledge about anyone outside its borders. Does this seem accurate? Of course not…so to both nations of people I say smarten up, pick up a book, do some research and visit. Furthermore, I invite people to look up the definition of culture. I have read several posts on culture…I think you will be surprised to find out what culture really is, from an anthropological perspective. Finally, do not judge the first person you meet as the ambassador of their respective nation. To do otherwise is complete idiocy and only reinforces your own ignorance.

From a military perspective – Both nations have an outstanding military, though the combined US military vastly out numbers its northern neighbour, both in capability and resources. I have read the Canadian Military is weak, or words to that effect…my eyes are rolling. To have a better understanding of “why” this is, have a look at the respective nation’s military strategic goals and demographics. A nation of 33 million cannot force generate the same as a nation with over 10 times the population, especially when foreign policies are different. I have to laugh at some of the posts and information I have read on operations (both on and off this site). One gentleman on this site mentioned that he failed to see why the US military was spending money on foreign infrastructure. This hails back to my previous comment about idiots within both countries. I assume he is suggesting the US strategic objective for Iraq is to simply roll from town to town, kill any belligerents they come across, which in turn causes acceptable collateral damage and disrupt commerce? To win a war, a scorched earth policy no longer applies, and as part of any rational nation’s military is to have a viable exit strategy, which includes money for development and infrastructure. To do otherwise is to act like an African Militia. Give your head a shake. To those Canadian readers – let me ensure you that American service men and women are just as professional as any organization I have worked. Don’t be so foolish as to think the American military is a mindless juggernaut that only wants to cause war. Likewise, drop this banter about the Canadian military only to be engaged for Peace Keeping operations. The military is as an institution trained to extend government policy by kinetic means, that is to say, fight wars, and are trained as such. Peace keeping operations are one of the mandates that a military force accepts to undertake (as directed by the elected government), and requires different training, dependant on the nature of the operation. Canadians seem to have forgotten its history and what the purpose is of a military force.

As by way of my last comment, this is directed more towards the Webmaster in response to reply he made to a person with respect to Canada and how “we” as Canadians better hope that the United States does not adopt economic isolationism. I suppose your end state was to say “we as Americans can go it alone, so be careful” (I wish I could find the post, as it would add weight to my comment, my apologies). I certainly hope that this is not a perception shared by many in the US? I agree that Canada is dependant on the US as our largest trading partner (with an average of 1.2 billion dollars in goods crossing the border daily), but it seems to me you fail to understand how something like this has equal crushing consequences on your own nation. For example, your largest exporter in oil is not the Middle East, it is Canada. I hope you chose to post this comment on your website and look forward to replies, both good and bad.

*Note from Anger Central
1) Thanks for the ego boosting. :)
2) We don't remember the Note from Anger Central you referred to. If you have a link send it along.
3) We stuck the posting here since we couldn't decide where else to put it. 8)