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Because most of the world has flourished under Pax Americana. The world can only imagine what the Chinese as a world power will bring.

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I imagine Latin America and the Middle East would disagree a tad bit with you.

Middle East is a completely different and much longer story and USA just got involved in a drive-by fashion merely decades ago.

Setting up the case to bomb Iraq twice is a little more than a drive-by. Its more like pre-medidated murder i'd say

The US has been involved one way or another in the Middle East since they took over assets of the British and French Empire in the Region.

Latin America absolutely would. Yes, there were crimes that we shouldn't forget, but the whole hemisphere is vastly wealthier than it was a century ago, owing almost exclusively to global peace, world trade, and their existence within the US sphere of influence that limited conflict to just a few hot spots.

The middle east didn't see the same benefit, and why? Because they sat in the middle of a cold war zone of contention that stoked every existing bit of strife into a hot war.

Africa would likely disagree as well.

In fact I had this very discussion with a group of Africans recently. Yeah, they weren't shy about "educating" me. Some of what they believe is, in my view, not fact based. (At least, it can't be proven in court so to speak.) But, yeah, a lot of what they were saying was definitely true.

> Some of what they believe is, in my view, not fact based.

I wouldn't mind hearing what some of those things are.

So, I must be in gratitude with USA, for helping a fascist regime on my country for nearly 40 years ?

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