US hypocrisy

Americans, in general, are more generous toward the poor and suffering because the United States, as a whole, is the most affluent country in the world.  The world has, for decades, benefitted from American aid, and the American effort to relieve povery, hunger, and disease around the globe is tremendous

One cannot neglect the large collection of humanitarian organizations that are based in the United States and stocked with good hearted American volunteers.

But, that is because Americans are humans, and any humans with a heart would donate some excesses to the poor and needy. 

But the United States as a geo-political entity has no obligation nor real motive to help the truely needy.  The goal of the American government and its associated institutions is simple: to enrich and reap benefits for AMERICANS and their way of life, even if it comes at the cost of lives and livelihoods of people in other countries. 

Every time I see a spoilt American teenager driving a brand new SUV playing the latest music from MTV, I shake my head in disgust.

But that is the way of life: the rich finds ways to get richer.  The rich is only rich because somewhere down the line, there is someone poorer and less fortunate.  Everything revolves around some degree of comparision and relative status: the rich derives his status and gratification of richness from the knowledge of that there exist those with less fortunes. 

The SUV driver may externally and verbally show compassion for the poor in Malaysia or Ethiopia, but deep down, his very essence compells him to support whatever it takes to ensure that gas prices will not rise above a certain level. 

It is unfair to blame Americans for all the ills in the world.  Americans do what they do because they, like everyone else, are humans, and humans are selfish, self-centered, and complex creatures: on one hand they demand the idealistic and beautiful, on the other, they would sell their ideals the moment their interests are endangered.

Originally posted by strategos International law is nonsense. Many countries can get away with many things as long as they do not try to interfere with the US. Most other countries will not take serious actions. So for all nations: Avoid the US, and you can do mostly what you want(to some degrees of course)

-That is if you dont receive US interference, in which you probably will depending on what you mean by "do mostly what you want".

Yes, the world is a dog eat dog place, the only thing that keeps people from bullying you is bullying them.

International Law and World Peace are just useless buzzwords, they sound nice but in the end they don't mean anything.

At the expense of others? At the expense of International laws? At the expense of world peace?

I dont agree with you at all. Your post is rather ran-together so I only picked up on a few of your points. As far as having everybody believe in our campaigns? And whats with comparing the US to Nazi Germany? The US doesnt have to have the entire world buy into their campaigns. And you say that that the US hasnt had to use military power since WWII?? Korea and Vietnam were supposed to be for communism, either way it was a campaign for the people of Vietnam and Korea as well as for the security of the US and all other free countries against the threat of global communist takeover. Panama, mogadishu..etc..etc.. ya maybe youre right maybe the US didnt neccesarily have to get involved.....but what would the world think if we didnt??