Starting numerous wars based on bullshit is the worst corruption possible. Since WW2 no one has done this as much as the USA.
Not only is the USA an ignorant and arrogant country, it is a mean country!!
Global warming and American wars have a lot in common. They are massive problems that most Americans ignore. They ignore them at their peril but this neglect will come back to haunt America.
Tragic that so many ignore what should be so obvious to them.
" Americans were appalled by the atrocities of the Islamic State"
Dropping 400,000 tons of napalm on Vietnamese men, women and children, hey, no big deal!!
"The U.S. is still a great nation." should read, 'The US is a powerful nation that has cause more global death and destruction since WW2 than any other nation.'
The people with TOO MUCH have always been willing to kill others to have even more.
It is intrinsic in countries with vast inequality with America now leading the way.
To suggest that Poles are different than other peoples is pretty silly. They are just as capable of deplorable behavior as Americans, Brits or anyone else.
Most Americans do not seem to understand that there is only so much money and if a few people have billions many people will have less. This is not rocket science.
America energy is 10% renewables???
Only if you include hydro, one of the most inefficient ways of utilizing solar energy, that wrecks rivers, has a very large carbon footprint and decimates salmon stocks.
Trump will only exacerbate the animosity that most of the world feels towards America. Being aggressive and killing millions of innocent people will only contribute to the American downfall which is already underway.
Coal is crappy but when it comes to climate change Liquid Natural Gas is worse. Read why here - http://simplysolar.co/lng/
Chins is now the biggest carbon polluter however if you deduct the carbon produced making all the crap that the US orders from China then the US is still the biggest polluter. Not oly that but the biggest share of the man made carbon added to the atosphere is from the US, by far.
In Chile utility solar less than 2.9 cents a kWh. Here in mild mannered Canada we are building a damn dam we don't need for $10 billion to make LNG that is worse for climate change than coal.
Getting politicians to see past the next election or past their billionaire friends is very difficult.
Seeing as 100% of the world's peer-reviewed climate scientists think we are in real trouble someone had better get ruthless.
Studies have shown that the rich are more likely to lie and cheat to get even more. Have there been many poor democrates in Washington lately?
Democrates are really just Rebublicians lite.
In mild mannered Canada about 100 years ago you could not sell your house to a Jew. I found this in my house deed when I bought an old house. So the question is, did the Jews do something to deserve this or were the majority of Canadians at the time simply bigots for no reason?
"Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military with terrorist tactics."
Huhhh? There is a difference between military and terrorist tactics?
Like burning a Jordanian pilot alive or dropping 388,000 tons of napalm on Vietnamese civilians? Many more examples but clearly the USA uses terrorist tactics and has for as long as there has been a USA.
America is a mean country. Not just to the original inhabitants, most of whom were decimated, but to poor whites and every peron of color. That meanness is clearly told in the book by Nick Turse, 'Kill Everything that Moves'.
Tragic that even today so many Americans still believe the propaganda regarding the use of nukes in Japan.
Unfortunately little can be done to counter the vicious patriotism that is so ingrained in the American mind.
While you are thinking about this "exceptional" nation it is good to remember that they have killed far more innocents and overthrown far more democratic governments since WW2 than any other country. The USA is #1!!
1000 deaths?? According to Robert Mcnamara America killed over 2 million in SE Asia. A million in Iraq etc. etc. Close to 20 million since WW2. What are 1000 deaths to this president?
According to Obomba and the US mainstream media them Russkies and Syrians are the bad guys and we gotta get em.
Deny that the Syrian president has the support of most Syrians, deny that the US funds the terrorists, deny that the US has killed millions of innocents in order to support the American way and deny that the American way is a plutocracy. What a mess!!
The Israeli response to Palestinians seem inexplicable unless you understand that the Zionists regard all Palestinians as an inferior type of human that is most likely a terrorist. With this attitude killing Palestinians is acceptable and seizing their land perfectly acceptable as well.
It also makes sense for a country that has committed so many atrocities to supply Israel with unlimited killing machines.
America decided to be the worlds cop because they just know what is best for everyone. Like the cops in the US they are not interested in compassion, helping or understanding. They are only interested in 'winning' and when they lose against much weaker forces they carry on, draining their nations resources while enriching the military industrial security complex.
This killing of people to 'solve' problems is deeply ingrained in the American psyche and even killing millions of innocents is considered justified, from the aboriginal peoples to the kids in Iraq.
Americans have no idea of the country they might have had if they had not embraced killing from the get-go.
$136 million is peanuts. Some individual homes in NYC are $100 million
Starting numerous wars based on bullshit is the worst corruption possible. Since WW2 no one has done this as much as the USA.
Not only is the USA an ignorant and arrogant country, it is a mean country!!
Global warming and American wars have a lot in common. They are massive problems that most Americans ignore. They ignore them at their peril but this neglect will come back to haunt America.
Tragic that so many ignore what should be so obvious to them.
" Americans were appalled by the atrocities of the Islamic State"
Dropping 400,000 tons of napalm on Vietnamese men, women and children, hey, no big deal!!
"The U.S. is still a great nation." should read, 'The US is a powerful nation that has cause more global death and destruction since WW2 than any other nation.'
I tried a few BFI films but they were "not available outside the UK".
Guess they don't want us colonials watching.
"The land of the free" my ass!!
The people with TOO MUCH have always been willing to kill others to have even more.
It is intrinsic in countries with vast inequality with America now leading the way.
To suggest that Poles are different than other peoples is pretty silly. They are just as capable of deplorable behavior as Americans, Brits or anyone else.
AND the US strong-armed many countries to vote in favor of establishing the Jewish state in the first place
Most Americans do not seem to understand that there is only so much money and if a few people have billions many people will have less. This is not rocket science.
With crapitalism, ain't ever goin' happen.
American trillions have done the Saudi's absolutely no good!!
America energy is 10% renewables???
Only if you include hydro, one of the most inefficient ways of utilizing solar energy, that wrecks rivers, has a very large carbon footprint and decimates salmon stocks.
100% green energy is NOT possible if the fossil fuel gangs have friends like The Donald!!
Trump will only exacerbate the animosity that most of the world feels towards America. Being aggressive and killing millions of innocent people will only contribute to the American downfall which is already underway.
Coal is crappy but when it comes to climate change Liquid Natural Gas is worse. Read why here - http://simplysolar.co/lng/
Chins is now the biggest carbon polluter however if you deduct the carbon produced making all the crap that the US orders from China then the US is still the biggest polluter. Not oly that but the biggest share of the man made carbon added to the atosphere is from the US, by far.
It says a lot about Israel that most citizens would have let this murderer off scot free.
In Chile utility solar less than 2.9 cents a kWh. Here in mild mannered Canada we are building a damn dam we don't need for $10 billion to make LNG that is worse for climate change than coal.
Getting politicians to see past the next election or past their billionaire friends is very difficult.
Seeing as 100% of the world's peer-reviewed climate scientists think we are in real trouble someone had better get ruthless.
Studies have shown that the rich are more likely to lie and cheat to get even more. Have there been many poor democrates in Washington lately?
Democrates are really just Rebublicians lite.
"Era of Palestinian State is over"
What Palestinian State???
In mild mannered Canada about 100 years ago you could not sell your house to a Jew. I found this in my house deed when I bought an old house. So the question is, did the Jews do something to deserve this or were the majority of Canadians at the time simply bigots for no reason?
The 'pies' used to show the numbers killed are all the same size but the numbers killed are vastly different.
Not a good way to illustrate anything.
"Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military with terrorist tactics."
Huhhh? There is a difference between military and terrorist tactics?
Like burning a Jordanian pilot alive or dropping 388,000 tons of napalm on Vietnamese civilians? Many more examples but clearly the USA uses terrorist tactics and has for as long as there has been a USA.
America is a mean country. Not just to the original inhabitants, most of whom were decimated, but to poor whites and every peron of color. That meanness is clearly told in the book by Nick Turse, 'Kill Everything that Moves'.
Tragic that even today so many Americans still believe the propaganda regarding the use of nukes in Japan.
Unfortunately little can be done to counter the vicious patriotism that is so ingrained in the American mind.
While you are thinking about this "exceptional" nation it is good to remember that they have killed far more innocents and overthrown far more democratic governments since WW2 than any other country. The USA is #1!!
1000 deaths?? According to Robert Mcnamara America killed over 2 million in SE Asia. A million in Iraq etc. etc. Close to 20 million since WW2. What are 1000 deaths to this president?
According to Obomba and the US mainstream media them Russkies and Syrians are the bad guys and we gotta get em.
Deny that the Syrian president has the support of most Syrians, deny that the US funds the terrorists, deny that the US has killed millions of innocents in order to support the American way and deny that the American way is a plutocracy. What a mess!!
The Israeli response to Palestinians seem inexplicable unless you understand that the Zionists regard all Palestinians as an inferior type of human that is most likely a terrorist. With this attitude killing Palestinians is acceptable and seizing their land perfectly acceptable as well.
It also makes sense for a country that has committed so many atrocities to supply Israel with unlimited killing machines.
"Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL’s Hold?"
Is the Pope catholic??
Money first, the planet a distant second.
America decided to be the worlds cop because they just know what is best for everyone. Like the cops in the US they are not interested in compassion, helping or understanding. They are only interested in 'winning' and when they lose against much weaker forces they carry on, draining their nations resources while enriching the military industrial security complex.
This killing of people to 'solve' problems is deeply ingrained in the American psyche and even killing millions of innocents is considered justified, from the aboriginal peoples to the kids in Iraq.
Americans have no idea of the country they might have had if they had not embraced killing from the get-go.