I hate that are manny people in the world who are poor , unhelthy,storving, and there are people who dont know what to do with money, and if all the money spent on war, weapons in one year be spent on that people then every child on earth will be happy,will be rich in his heart and watching a game in front of TV with his family from FIFA 2005 in Germany, right?
209072
Sitting at home watching TV is a passive activity that does not appeal to all people,  so it will never happen. Besides, there are too many obese people getting even fatter as they sit nibbling junk food in front of the TV.\nTelevision programs will also have to improve because many people are not willing to sit in front of TV's watching imbecilic programming. The more channels there are to watch, the less quality program there is to go around.
478881
Prissy, I am an American and I appreciate that you clarified your question because there is some truth in what you say.\n\nAs an American, I know that I was not spoiled growing up.  I do appreciate a lot of things and I'm sure many others do too.  There are some of this younger generation (my adult sons are included in this) that do not appreciate much and expect more than they actually deserve.  These are children who watch the exploits of television and young stars like Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie (who is anorexic, starving herself on purpose) and others.  They feel it is their right to have everything their heart desires.\n\nI grew up with six brothers and sisters.  My parents were not rich but we weren't poor, so we were taught the value of a dollar.  For Christmas, we were allowed two items and that was it.  We did not get name brands and it didn't bother us not to have what every child in the neighborhood had (we learned to be happy with what we had).\n\nWhen I went to Africa earlier this year, I saw people who did not have much and were content with that.  They did not set their eyes on "bigger and better."  They were thankful to God for the little they had - very humble people.\n\nI do wish we would bring back those values because at one time, we did have it.  I am tired of hearing people put Americans down as if we are the only country with these kinds of attitudes.  I think Prissy's question clarified more of a parental point and asking about standards.  \n\nSo for those who quickly point out how greedy and selfish Americans are, look in your own backyard.
361836
i do its not fun or amusing and i see the American troops who are out there to help them were laughing at there expense...............I'm sorry but they re children in a war torn country it is not their fault they have been dragged into it and those children should not be made an example of..i hope they did drop the water and the children who kept running for it had more than just that one bottle..........its kinda sick that this is used for fun if it was the other way round would they be putting it on the Internet for fun..........i doubt it... to all the people that do this kind of thing THEYRE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!
179070
Welcome to America! Home of some of the most greedy materialistic people in the whole world. Many people here are trying to impress, or if not impress put themselves higher than the rest. We will someday suffer for are " gotta have it yesterday mentality" and are " have it now with no payments or intersest" mentality. It used to be that friendships and family gatherings were the most important thing to many. Now we sacrafice that to have the kid with the most sport activities and the coolest car to pick them up in. Don't want people to know that we are in debt up to our necks. Study other cultures, and the ones that hold too the family traditions of gathering for meals and sharing whatever they have. You will find a much more content people. I was actually making too much money at my job that I quit. Why suffer with extreme hours and no home time for a better car or a bigger TV or an "awesome vacation". I would rather be average and content! What is funny is this immigrant issue in our faces right now. And how most mexican families have the old American traditions still in opperation. Ya, they put a few brewsky's back and have a good time, but most also work hard to make ends meet and don't bitch and complain about every little injustice that happens in there comfortable life....well I better get off my box! I could go on all night. There all still good folks out there who are not brainwashed by american media and american dreams. They are just harder to find. But when you do find some like that, treasure those relationships!
276489
At it again are you? I'm not saying that the reasons we are there are right or wrong or any war for that matter but I do realize that someone, somewhere, must try to stop dictators and third rate nations that try to become first rate to fast. When talking fails and turning the other cheek doesn't work... all that is left is war, no matter what scale. So... it takes a lot of dedicated young people to try and straighten things out with weapons and I know of nothing more dangerous in the military's arsenal than a pissed off nineteen(+) year old with a weapon. The sad thing is... someone has to lose. Be it us or them is yet to be determined. One of life's facts is that everybody has to pay. To what cost? I don't know but I've seen enough to know that this is sometimes the only way to deal with zealots and fanatics. Oh, I have my own thoughts(and ways) of dealing with terroists but then the American people would be really taken aback! I'm amazed that most people can't comprehend war or what happens in war. I guess that's why our military does its utmost best to keep it away from our shores. By the way, I've eaten crow(Roasted) Once I got past the worms and maggots and almost cooked it black it's not to bad. I won't recommend it though. Only if you're extremely hungry.I've also talked crow (called them in). That's how I got to eat one. Having a weapon would have made it a lot easier.
384889
you must be a normal, decent human being.  but you're wrong about one thing.... the world has already been suffering due to people like Bush and his goons.
229556
It is sad that the good people of the armed forces are losing their lives for a political war, it is about one thing, then another, guy above me is a neo-con operitive, it was never about freeing the people of Iraq from anything. It was all about greed, you can see that everytime that you fill your tank. Not one life is worth it, not one.
594755
this or any other community can also try thinking of saving innocent children being killed daily by Israeli army in the land occupied by them. These children many not have names like Harry or Kelly but their blood is also red and the tears their moms and families shed hurt equally bad. Malaria is also on the rise in Asian countries where poverty levels are rising, as in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India. Afghani children are not very important in the strategic decisions of Allied occupation army hence Malaria is not being given importance there. Why do we close our eyes and pick a problem which doesn't carry chances to pinch our conscience? No doubt that every thing must be done to save children in Africa but what about others who die daily? after all they are human? or do we think that a different faith makes them subhuman? This is begging. That's how many others view this approach of saving rhinoceros and killing with smart bombs at the same time.
83375
you know i was talking to a soldier who was just waiting around in new york to be deployed and at first i was so proud of him,but then i noticed that he did alot of drinking and playing video games and chatting on the internet and roughousing and getting wasted with fellow comrades and little by little i stopped admiring him i saw he really didnt have a life some of the soldiers there were lonely , they were just kids playing around and one good comment he made about the army was that is was a place where adults can act like kids and that really dissapointed me because i took kim seriously at first but i see how people can go crazy in the armed forces because of many reasons and the people that do lose their life it is all for anunjust cause. do i think  they are heroes not the ones sticking guns in peoples faces , butif a slodier is saving a life , yes he is a hero  , but i dont know if they realize they can be heroes to themsleves if only they would step up and grow up because the matter they are in is serious because they never know when their time is up . yes some of them dont always do heroe things or save lives but they did something not any of us could have and you might feel negative because maybe you know this war sucks and the ego games guys play and you dont want to acknlodege the losers the bastards to being heroes . thats understandable..
400606
Ya know, I'm getting pissed at people from other countries criticizing our country and our president. The US is great as long as we're protecting some second rate nation but if we attempt to protect ourselves, well, we're just evil bulies. George Bush didn't ask for a war against a phantom enemy. An enemy that calls no nation home. An enemy that wears no uniform. An enemy that kills women and children as part of a strategy. An enemy that fires, then runs and hides behind those same women and children.  An enemy that teaches it children to hate people of other  religions. An enemy that straps bombs on its children and sends them to pizza parlors to blow up innocent people. And George Bush is the bad guy here? It's just damn sad that people don't understand who and what we're fighting and why we went to Iraq in the first place. As for America being a "better place".  You stinking socialists wish you had it so good.
438603
Well, seeing as I AM one of those "children", I totally see this from your point of view.  It's ridiculus what they're doing over there, and then my generation (and a few to follow) are going to have to clean up after it...it SUCKS.  Thanks for sticking up for us!
468877
Poor and rich alike can make a choice to join the armed forces. \nYour question makes no sense.  Where are you getting your sources?\n\nQuit blaming everybody else and take responsibility for your actions!!!!!
204641
Most terrorists were just ordinary people like everyone else. Some of them endured pain while growing up and kept it inside. It's not greed on their part; but others who refused to accept them for some reason. Maybe, he or she was "different" and was not allowed to join any game when he or she was in grade school and at the same time, is abused at home. They grow, they snap, lose all morality and begin believing that they are "purging" the world; "ridding" us of the corrupt individuals that would be "the rest of us". Some just want to make a statement; to be noticed. Some believe that they are carrying a divine mission. But whatever they believe, it all started at some point early in life. There are usually 2 causes. They were too over-confident and began thinking that they were given the authority to rule over the rest; and the other is that people around them didn't care about them and they just need someone or everyone to notice them - cutting deep into them that there is no more hope for a cure. I feel sorry for them but I feel more sorry for the people that made them that way.
643591
My problem is that we live in the only country in the world who DOES NOT NEED ANY BODY'S HELP. We have it all. Yet, a little country like Japan who has no natural resources but for fishing industry, is beating us in the economy by 26.64%\nIt is not how much money you make, but how much money you save. How in a household, like that in a country too. If we pay so much in taxes of every kind, that this country would be a really model in every way if the money was put back in it. why do we have to spend all of it on stupid wars. If we did not go to war for only 5 years, we would have so much money, we could create jobs for 70% of all the army. This is a horrible the way we are.\nSwitzerland, Australia, all are doing better than us, and those are the ones that never go to wars. I hope our next president is a pacifist.
315950
Yes, the developed countries of the world have the resources to wipe out starvation all over the globe. Will it ever happen? I truly doubt it. You see, children have no money, they don't control any oil fields and  they can't keep the big corporations and weapons manufacturers in business. Children also have no political clout, they can't make things happen, they don't vote. In other words they aren't very useful to the politicians. Thats why they starve to death.
665090
its part of the propaganda of diabolization. They need those people to be the "bad" ones so that they can justify commiting atrocities against them. Its a vicious circle that only ends when we end global poverty. Guess what we could have done for the same price as the Iraq war?
147809
Yeah,I toughed about it.You know,in the world,there has to be some order.That order is mad with help-money.You see,not everyone thinks at this way.When I am buying chocolate or bread,or anything else,I think to my self:I am giving her just paper and coins.She is giving me food.But money...It makes people do awful things.Killings,corruptions,wars-everything just because of the money.It is sad really.Humans highest goal is to earn more money,then spend it,then earn more money etc.etc.You can stop it.But if you think for just like 5 seconds,you will see that,unfortunately,money does make the world go around.It is true.