Quote Originally Posted by Dobry
(heavy sigh)

"He who is without guilt may throw the first stone."

This is a fundamental principle of my faith.

Has America done wrong? Yes.
Has Russia done wrong? Yes.
Has Iraq done wrong? Yes.
Has France done wrong Yes.
Has Germany done wrong? Yes.
Has U.K. done wrong? Yes.
Has Spain done wrong? Yes.

...and the list goes on and on.

No nation is clean and blameless. Are you arguing, then, that "terrorists" are justified? No, I don't think this is your argument.

It pains me as an American, living in Europe, to constantly be told.."The U.S. is bad, and deserves to be hurt." Or, "The U.S. has caused most (or all) of the World Problems.

Every nation has blame. And terrorists are evil, in my opinion.

The U.S. is not perfect...and it never will be. But most Americans are normal, nice, kind, and decent people...same as Russians, French, British, Spanish, etc....who do not deserve to be blamed for everything wrong in the world, and all of the problems.

Does anyone here really believe that most Americans sit at home, watching ther children play, or reading a book, or spending time with friends...and also are wishing non-Americans to die, or to suffer tragedies???

Anyone believing that knows very little of the American people.
I agree with Dobriy... it's sickening to constantly hear that Americans are to blame for everything, even if it has nothing to do with us. People need to learn the difference between the average American person and the American government. Or the average Spanish person and the Spanish government. So on and so forth. Many people in the United States are against the coalition forces in Iraq. Not the soldiers themselves, but the cause. Thinking that Americans fully support this is wrong. I'm against war, but what other resort do you really have? Do you really think that Hussein, bin Laden, Zarqawi, or any other extremist leader is going to calmly sit there and discuss things in a civilized way? Any time there is a conflict between Russia, Germany, the US, France, etc, you never see them sending suicide bombers to the opposing country. They have a meeting to discuss things. They may not agree at first, and may leave the meeting in a bitter mood, but they wouldn't send a missile or hijacked planes to kill innocent people.

If there was something accidental on US soil from Russia, for instance, a plane went down, or a missile was accidently sent off, or something else, the US wouldn't retaliate. Differentiating between accidental and intentional are actually very important. Thinking about those things before you act is what keeps a war from developing and prevents one.