Why would we invade a foreign country to "establish democracy" and not defend our own from illegal invasion?
595158
Because you allow your government to sell you their story, which leads to a (mostly) blind public that supports the acts they despise. Public relations executives in the white house are responsible for this deceit, like George Bush's favourite personal advisor, Karl Rove. Gocernments and corporations are working together more than ever to mutually increase financial benefit, with a pathological persuit of profit and power.
469628
That's one traditional way to stop invaders.  But all the immigration criminals ("undocumented citizens") would leave on their own if we confiscated any business that employs them and sell it to competent, non-cheating businessmen without compensation to the economic traitors.
767603
It leads me to ask this question, should we be fighting for democracy in other countries while ours is being undermined?
506504
I think each country must fight it's own wars if it wants democracy.  If the people want it badly enough they'll do so, it's not up to others to step in and hand it to them or cram it down their throats.
868381
We should leave them alone.  Or perhaps you might be suggesting we enslave them, in a figurative sense of the word, by forcing them to live like westerners.  We may have the best system here in the west, but it is obvious, like in Iraq, that not all people are cut out to make a democracy work.  Interference would mean more war and more reconstruction.  Things are moving slow enough in Iraq, we really don't need to expand on our problems.
924672
They don't seem to want it because you only hear one side of the story. A strong democracy in Iraq could change the face of the Middle East, and both sides know it. This is why the course will be stayed, and why the terrorists are fighting so hard against it. Iraq could easily become the model in which all other countries in the region aspire to be, and it could significantly reduce, or even eliminate global terrorism.
25463
During the Cold War, many countries relied on the protective umbrella offered by the US which included troops on the ground to ensure a commitment to defend our friends if attacked.  It did keep the peace.  Now that that particular threat is over it is not surprising that many countries wish to be far more independent.  Perhaps they had to like or lump US foreign policy then, but not now.  Only time will tell whether the world is really less dangerous, especially if there is little protective cooperation against terrorism.  I believe the US has that right.
768344
I wonder this myself some times, especially by countries which really do not have all that great relationships with the U.S, such as N.Korea, China, and Russia just to name a few. An invasion against the U.S. will only be possilbe if invaders ally, I do not see it possible that one country can invade the U.S. though.
559084
No.  You don't defeat the enemy by becoming the enemy, you don't spread democracy abroad by curtailing it at home, you don't pledge liberty and justice for all and then add "except for the following...", because then any of us could end up on that list.  Our justice system is and has always been stronger than any one criminal, and if they're truly guilty we lose nothing by giving them the protections of law--they'll be convicted anyway, and our reputation for true justice will be even greater.  If we rig the system, as most countries do, we may get revenge--but our moral authority will be lost.  As it has already begun to be...
815824
sounds like terrorism to me.   How could you want to declare war on your own country-if you don't like it emigrate!
828293
Most people don't like the idea of big Imperial powers invading small countries. The fact that our "originally" given reason to the world for invading, WMD's has proven to be bogus, if not a hoax, makes people root for the people being occupied. \n\nLike we rooted for the Kuwaitis when Saddam invaded them. \nAnd backed the Taliban and Mujhadeen when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
631113
Because Democracy is so much fun.  We want everyone to enjoy it. OKAY??!!  Coming to a country near you soon!!!
1179096
You do make a good point.  I am from the USA and it makes me sick how my country thinks it can export democracy and tell all the other countries in the world how to run themselves.  I think the USA needs to first fix the beam in its own eye in order to better help fix the motes in the eyes of others.
692263
Alot of things.  Defense has been a big reason for about 500 years.  (Hitler justified taking over Europe by saying it was in defense of the German people.)  Human rights has been batted around, but in practice nobody ever does it.  Even when he talked up Saddam's inhumanity, Bush still needed WMD's to justify the invasion.\n\nWhich leaves us with one culprit: money.  If a will increase a country's economic prospects at the expense of another's and they think they can win, then that country will "defend" its economic "rights".
915782
It would not surprise me to find out they want to enforce "democracy" in another country.  No they wouldn't be able to pull it off.
1065638
Perhaps the rest of the world feels that the Middle East wouldn't be a threat if the U.S. weren't instigating them into a fight by invading their countries. I think if we're not looking for specific terrorists, then we should just stay out.\n\nIf the people in a country want to set up a democracy, that's great, and if they ask for our help, we may provide it. I think forcing change on another country is going too far, and yes, it is possible to go too far. We don't know when to stop a war, or to let go of other countries, letting them determine their own fate.\n\nI think the fact that many Americans spit out the same thing that our politicians are telling us shows us the power of propoganda.
516635
They don't, and that's the shame of it, our corrupt politicians are allowing our country to be invaded so they can establish the NWO-(New World Order) these outlaws that cross our borders illegally have 0, none, notta, zilch, not one right to even protest here.