[justaguy]

Originally Posted by xBBx Takedown

Agreed. "Under God We Trust"...
That could be offensive toward Buddhist and Hindus who don't believe in the same God

hey wait let's not generalize guys we might offend someone, oh:

Originally Posted by xBBx Takedown

Then you got those terrorist countries like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and others who you know for damn sure hate the U.S.

"terrorist" countries, you know for damn sure they hate the US... ...? what exactly do you know at all? rofl.

Originally Posted by fido123

Also why should one nation be able to have them but another not?

you must be kidding me, you think all nations should have nuclear weapons? would you like to discuss the implications of all nations having nuclear weapons?

the issue is you will seldom find someone that doesn't have an opinion on the US, regardless of whether their opinion holds any weight. a lot of nations aren't relevant to peoples' lives nor do they ever come up in conversation, so why have an opinion on them? more often than not you'll find people that like or dislike the US, but are never indifferent. the result is a polarized view where people will pick and choose points to support their contrived view regardless of their validity. some of the hatred and love gets extreme, which will tell you why some people are so adamantly against the US and why others are in love with it. why do people make the points they make? because they are generally sound, easy to make, and a lot of people will probably feel similarly (because it's common to have an opinion on the US and feels good to have your opinion validated by others). why are these points generally sound? because that's how stereotypes work. if fat, uneducated, and extremely religious people in the US receive relatively more attention than other civilized nations, this will happen.