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It’s time once again for America to become the “Arsenal of Democracy” (F.D.R.) in a fight against a homicidal dictator and provide Ukraine with all the armaments and intelligence necessary to defeat Putin. The fight is not with the Russian people only it’s corrupt leader and his wealthy supporters

Is this a good place to say that the original “America 1st” movement in the 1930s was a conservative isolationist movement that was expressly trying to keep the US out of WW2. It was coordinated the the American German Bund and was largely made up of republicans, Dixiecrats, and American Nazis?

Ask US People the first thing to enter their minds when you say the word "History" a large majority say the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware. When you ask people elsewhere in the world, the majority say the Pyramids of Egypt or the Parthenon in Athens. US self-absorption is cultivated.

Not such a bad thing, really! I mean all we're getting anymore from everyone is hatred and shit talking, anyway... Oh, you're welcome for the last 80 years of defending the world from tyranny at our own expense Now we're assholes for thinking about ourselves That's special Best of luck to all

I have many American friends and i'm a firm believer that the USA has made staggering positive contributions to the world. I'm sure many other people feel the same...until...like me...they see the contention that the USA has "defended the world from tyranny"....

At some point you need to recognise a few basic truths: 1. The USA has never defended anyone unilaterally. Ignoring and/or demeaning allies is one of the reasons for the current vitriol. Without allied support the USA would not have succeeded in any military campaign of the last 50 years.

2. Incidents such as the Mosaddegh coup (in which my country were equally complicit) clearly underline why people see the USA (and often the UK) as a major destabilising force in global politics. The current issues in Iran were created by past US gov's...and by that I mean actively created