because it's a "lost" state, run & over-run by Communists, and the rest of the USA will soon follow ...
214666
Why bother?  Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, et al. have got it all sewn up.  Open your mouth and utter a conservative word, and I think they'll actually kick you out of the state.  Really!
651745
In an Article entitled “Why it's over for America” the respected speaker provided by your link wrote:\n An inability to protect its citizens. The belief that it is above the law. A lack of democracy. Three defining characteristics of the 'failed state'. And that, says Noam Chomsky, is exactly what the US is becoming. In an exclusive extract from his devastating new book, America's leading thinker explains how his country lost its way. \n The selection of issues that should rank high on the agenda of concern for human welfare and rights is, naturally, a subjective matter. But there are a few choices that seem unavoidable, because they bear so directly on the prospects for decent survival. Among them are at least these three: nuclear war, environmental disaster, and the fact that the government of the world's leading power is acting in ways that increase the likelihood of these catastrophes. It is important to stress the government, because the population, not surprisingly, does not agree. \n That brings up a fourth issue that should deeply concern Americans, and the world: the sharp divide between public opinion and public policy, one of the reasons for the fear, which cannot casually be put aside, that, as Gar Alperowitz puts it in America Beyond Capitalism, "the American 'system' as a whole is in real trouble - that it is heading in a direction that spells the end of its historic values [of] equality, liberty, and meaningful democracy".\n The "system" is coming to have some of the features of failed states, to adopt a currently fashionable notion that is conventionally applied to states regarded as potential threats to our security (like Iraq) or as needing our intervention to rescue the population from severe internal threats (like Haiti). Though the concept is recognised to be, according to the journal Foreign Affairs, "frustratingly imprecise", some of the primary characteristics of failed states can be identified. One is their inability or unwillingness to protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction. Another is their tendency to regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law, and hence free to carry out aggression and violence. And if they have democratic forms, they suffer from a serious "democratic deficit" that deprives their formal democratic institutions of real substance.\n Among the hardest tasks that anyone can undertake, and one of the most important, is to look honestly in the mirror. If we allow ourselves to do so, we should have little difficulty in finding the characteristics of "failed states" right at home. \n\nhttp://www.google.com/custom?q=Noam+Chomsky&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=ISO-8859-1&client=pub-5174720432180771&cof=FORID:1%3BGL:1%3BBGC:FFFFFF%3BT:%23000000%3BLC:%230000ff%3BVLC:%23663399%3BALC:%230000ff%3BGALT:%23008000%3BGFNT:%230000ff%3BGIMP:%230000ff%3BDIV:%23336699%3BLBGC:336699%3BAH:center%3B&domains=informationclearinghouse.info&sitesearch=informationclearinghouse.info&start=10&sa=N
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No not until they get more organized. If they finally became a Democracy or Republic they would have a good shot. But now they are far from it U.S. is still the top dog.
129037
I'm supporting them now with my tax dollars, heck I have no clue who will support them after we are overwhelmed unless the commies from China want the job
576375
When it comes to communists and dictators, nothing is too hard to believe.  It's scary, and unfortunately, most Americans will turn a deaf ear to the idea that this sort of thing is even possible.  You'll hear all about the US/Bush conspiracy of 9-11, but the prospect of foreign countries uniting against us?  They'll say it's hogwash....scary, isn't it?
450212
very well said my friend. Its a power trip for the government.
171941
Are going???????  ...Don't you really mean to say: Have already gone?    ...Indeed, we are looking at a very sad and dangerous heading for our hard-fought democracy.   Poor founding fathers have been shaking in their bones for some time now, I'm afraid.   I truly wonder: Have we really taken good enough care of the wonderful and immeasurable heritage they had left us?   It is much harder to recover our lost liberties than to lose them.   ...The worst crimes in this world have always been committed and justified in the name of the best and the holiest of intentions.
471259
Because the U.S. is looking out for their own self-interest.  Screw the planet!  I also suspect that a lot of the people running the country are scientifically illiterate and/or morally bankrupt.
484638
Our country is all screwed up.
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The real reason is that the government officials want to get elected again, and the minority of U.S. citizins that fled from Cuba will vote for them if they persecute Cuba.\n\nIt is also because people think communism is evil, while I think that it can be good.\n\nPEACE IS COMMING SOON!
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I think it will be like Vietnam where the US won militarily in terms of the number of enemy troops/insurgents that were killed(US lost 58,000 soldiers, Viet Cong lost over 1.5 million) but did not acheive its goal to stop the communist takeover of Vietnam. The US will no doubt kill dozens of insurgents for every soldier it loses in Iraq but public opinion in the States will eventually lead to troop withdrawal and the insurgents may overthrow the undefended and overwhelmed democratic government and install a theocracy like Iran
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Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong here - but I think one of the major differences is that the Iraqi people ARE indeed willing to change their way of life, adopting democracy, whereas the Vietnamese actually wanted to keep their communist government in tact so there was no will on their part to change. That's why we lost then. I mean, going back to the basics, in order for things to change, the will must come from both parties, otherwise it'll just be communist and dictatorship all over again. If we come in Iraq forcing our democratic ways on them, that wouldn't make us any different from Hitler. I think the Iraqis are actually willing to adjust.
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You bring up a good point.\n\nAs I began to educate myself concerning 20th century USA history, a compelling question leaped out at me, '..since all the wars evolved around stopping the spread of communism, WHY or HOW did communism threaten our way of life or our capitalist structure?"\n\nI mean seriously... our leaders felt so threatened by the spread of communism that they literally went to war REPEATEDLY and sacrificed American lives to stop it. Why? If communism is so bad and capitalism is so grand then what is the threat? Wouldn't the ppl themselves reject it?\n\nI honestly think the answer to that question is that when ppl truly do understand the fairness and equality of communism they tend to choose that over the class system of capitalism... that is what we feared. That is my opinion.\n\nBtw, your 80s data is a little off. We didn't have an encounter with Iran in the 80s. There was the Iran/Contra scandal in 1979 but that didn't result in military action. Gulf War 1, involving Iraq, was in 1989.
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IT'S OVERDUE PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE IF WE DON'T STEP UP NOW WE WILL LOSE EVEN MORE.WE ARE DEVELOPING A NATION OF THE SUPER RICH AND THE SUPER POOR.THE MIDDLE CLASS IS DISAPPEARING.
276079
Maybe the US would become more independent and rely on its own resources.
61967
The US was afraid of the "domino" effect.  They felt it necessary to stop the spread of communism because they felt if they did not stop it in Vietnam, the rest of the countries would be taken over by the communists.  I believe they took over from France.
159347
I totally agree with you . The crime continues to go up and our schools are over populated as is . Our rights as Americans are going to crap ! If the Americans are the people and we are the voice then why allow such things to happen to our homelands ? People are to lazy or dont want to be the one who gets picked out as the one to be heard but , they are the first to complain ! Our nation is falling to pits as we speak whats next ? Our children have less and less chance to become prosperious in our own country when we allow things like this to happen . Naturally you want to protect your children from the evils of the world correct ? Then take a stand  , be a voice speak out for the rights we have as Americans . Our freedom is going and befor it is gone we need to come together and say WE the People have had enough! We dont want war , we dont want illgeals , we dont want more crime , we dont want more over crowded school and highways , we dont want these people to come in and take whats rightfully ours . This could mean more taxes , more money the states have to sink into unemployment , more  welfare . Drugs are easy enough to find on our streets allow these people to come in with their ways of living will send United States into a HOLE! These people come here make our money , take our jobs and infect our lives with smut and if you dont have the courage to stand up for whats your then  it is sad . Say No ! Stand in the gap for those who are lazy and just dont care ! Write letters send emails , tell everyone where you stand ! Be proud of who you are and where you live !