Why do Americans believe this **** about the best army in the world ?
818652
I don't know whether the U.S. has the best Army in the world.  What I do know is there is no Army from any sophisticated Western nation that knows how to fight in an urban/guerrilla enviornment.
951215
ME!!!    British army is THE BEST!!!!  \n\nMy dad served in WWII and 5 of my great uncles served in WWI.\n\n(I'm 34 btw - dad was 52 when I was born!)\n\nMy dad couldn't stand the American army.  He served alongside them and found them sloppy, indisciplined, arrogant and more interested in chasing skirt than anything else.\n\nPlus they had a nasty habit of shooting at and bombing him and his comrades in so called "friendly fire" (which they still do today).  They couldn't hit the enemy if he was standing next to them.\n\nDuring his time in Monte Casino (Italy) during WWII my dad and his comrades spent a "pleasant" week picking corpses out of the trees after the Americans in their "wisdom" decided to bomb a monstery hospital and graveyard. \n\nAs for "they saved our arses in WWII" did they hell.  Excuse me but where were the Yanks when the Battle of Britain was being fought?  They didn't give a damn until Pearl Harbour was attacked.  They made their contribution the same as the Aussies, the Canadians, The Commonwealth troops (Indians etc) and the rest of the Allied troops did, and now they want to take all the credit for it.  \n\nAnd for any Amercian who disagrees that the British army is the best - who had to hold Bush's hand when he went into Afghanistan and Iraq?  Oh thats right, the British army.  Who do the Americans call when they are in shite street and need a fast evacuation?  The SAS.   \n\nThey are good at starting wars they can't finish too (see Vietnam where they got their arses handed to them by a bunch of farmers with pitchforks).
447407
The main reason Americans are such prime targets of stereotyping is becuase they are part of the most predominent country. No, I'm not saying they're the greatest. The truth is that America itself is a very hypocritical nation in that it was first organized against imperialism ,but now has bases on almost every country. You ask why America is stereotyped? Well, would you like one of the newest nations just strutting around as if they could do no wrong ,in your own backyard no less? Anyway aside from America's bad points you are absolutely correct. However, America does feed most of it's own bad press in statistics and the news. The question you should be asking is why all news reporters just happen to find the least literate, fattest, and most interesting characters to interview. Its simple, it sells. America, whether people want to admit it or not is a bussines and what is a bussiness if they're product doesn't sell? Its not a bussines at all. So in reality all the stereotypes and slander that plague your tv set is old fashioned American ingenuity at work. By the way, America is a diverse country. I guess you could say America is a little bit of every country so when people in other countries stereotype America they're just laughing at what they would be if they had freedom. I don't hate America ,but i do hate some of its characteristics. No country is perfect and at the moment America is as close to perfect as we can hope for.
1145813
The problem with this country is they don't have the first damn clue what war is. Americans  wouldn't stand for troops crossing their boarders or tanks driving down their highways. War's ugly. Marines do ugly business.  And as long as Americans think that every person with a tan and an accent is a terrorist, they'll keep doing it.  We as a country are more to blame for this than the soldiers who fired the bullets.
1020003
true im with u....And even th iraqis say that britshers are good soldiers whereas americans just run their vehicle over people gathered for meeting rape womens and kill teenage kids see the videos all are americans
86148
You have been duped by the media once again.\nThey LOVE Americans!
1095460
We do not all think we are the best.  I am no better than any other man or woman.  We all bleed the same.  And lets face it, Italy is going to kick the $hit out of the US soccer team. But there are vastly huge differences in the freedoms of the USA and other countries.  The USA has many different climates.  If you don't like a certain area, you just pack up and move. That's freedom.  This country was founded by protestants, but even if you are a Satan worshiper, your rights are protected under the US Constitution.  The reason 71% of Europe hates the US is because of one A$$ Clown! Our president.  He has made terrible decisions that have made the rest of the world hate us.  As Americans we have the right to make a change by voting, and believe me, the American people will make serious changes in our government in 2008.  Just give us some time.  The American people are not out to make enemies even though our government is.  Believe me the American people are just as pissed off at Bush as the rest of the world, but one of the things that makes this country so great is the ability of the people to change our government.  By no means does this make us better than anyone else in the world. It simply means that those who have the ability to change things have a responsibility to change things.
595434
you are not making any sense at all...first you ask about what makes the US (or Mexico or South America, or all of them together) so great, then you talk about WWII and Nazis and Marines, what are you saying?
60465
SOPSEAL... You keep posting questions asking which is better/best...? ARE YOU EVEN IN THE MILITARY?\nI seriously doubt it, because if so you would of gotten the point by now sense all of the responses you get are the same.... There is no "BEST" ALL HAVE DIFFERENT JOBS/MISSIONS!!!  If you want to know, JOIN AND SERVE WITH US!!!
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GOOOOOOD JOOOOOOB MAN,\ni'm very happy with ur logic,and most of the ppl who answered till now couldnt defeat ur logic,they r all just repeating words they heared in their zionist controlled media like pirots,they even cant convince themself,so they sounded funny.\nWhy do americans think they r better than others ,and they have the right to tell others do this & dont do that,\nEven if Iran want to have nuclear weapons,so what?\namerica and israel & others have tons of them,america used it before cause japan attaked PH with REGULAR WEAPONS so u went and droped 2 NUCLEAR bombs over them kiling and effecting millions of ppl till today (why the second bomb???isnt one enough),and used depleded uranium in the war with Iraq,and threatened too many countries including Iran,\n\nIf the Iranian president talked about whiping israel,also america already whiped Iraq&Afghanistan and occupied them .\n\namerican gov is a TERRORIST gov,and the us president is a radical person and he said before that this is a crusaid war,so he is a terrorist and not stable also.\n\namerica is detaining innocent ppl (&kids)in illegal jails with no trial,which is the same brutal acts of the third world countries which america is using as an excuse to attack & invade them \n\nThe core of the american military power is the nuclear arsenal,and without it ,america cant win a war even if they didnt use it,the threat of having it&the ability to use it while the other part dont ,is enough for america to win,and thats why america dont want anybody to have these weapons.\nSo please guys,i know there is a lot of nic americans,and maybe the majority r,,but they dont care about whats happening in the world they just listen to what the gov want them to beleive & beleive without thinking,and also the phobia of 911,made them beleive that any body who dont agree with there cruel foreign policy is a TERRORIST,and thats not true:)
611959
I think Americans are good people for the most part just like in the majority of other countries but as a society in whole we tend to group people in big categories together and say they are one way or another.  Unfortunately things will never change that way.  People are people... some are good and others are not.  Every country has them all.  I guess it depends on the politics that rule the countries nation that makes Countries look bad or look good.  Right now I think the American government is making them look bad in some aspects but I respect the fact that they are a very proud nation. I have been to the USA and love it there.  I would hope that people realize the amount of propoganda out there that causes people to think a certain way and that we must know we are not getting the full story when it comes to the war in Iraq and many decisions that are made by the president and government.\nSad but true
937189
They are incredibly egotistical, and naive.\n\nThey would not have the freedom to trash everything America stands for unless the military fought and died for that right.\n\nSome gratitude, huh?\n\n<sigh>
1013044
It's very clear, we (for the most part) despise our president... one which lost the majority election years ago... We, as Americans, support our troops and want them to come home... We, as Americans, don't like the war in Iraq, feel we went there on false pretenses and disapprove of the entire ordeal.  Most Americans feel we should bring our troops home RIGHT NOW and stop this BS... We have no business being there, the army took out Hussein, their primary goal, so the jobs done, they don't want us there, we don't want to be there, so why are we still there?  \n\nGod bless our soldiers, dying because an idiot wanted to fulfill daddy's wishes...\n\nlol, yeah, and when we leave and they have another trained army (just like Hussein's) that's really going to stop another tyrant from taking over?  All it does is train the next leaders troops when we go to war in the next decade.  Their army, security, and police have had the training they need.  We aren't providing any real security anyway, they are now just using American and UN soldiers as an excuse to slaughter civilians and avoiding confrontation as much as possible.  It's a joke, when we leave they will just have a more powerful army for the next power hungry leader to use at his disposal.
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Because Americans are stupid
360334
That's just because the americans like to think they own everything and they think they are the best, when they aren't.
1158811
the majority of americans are "sheeple" who have been conditioned to accept whatever the media presents to them as truth. look at how many people swallowed bush's lies about the weapons of mass destruction iraq was supposed to have had. i mean they were right, iraq once did have such weapons - our government had the receipts - they sold the weapons to saddam - who btw was trained by the cia - go figure
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You are correct in your analysis and I agree with everything you say above. It is a shame and a terrible mistake what the USA are doing around the globe, but especially in the Middle East.\n\nThe reason for their unsubstantiated belief of superiority can be found in their religious doctrines and in the massive economical, political and military power they have accumulated.\nIn fact they are one of the worst nations on the planet and their bloated empire will crumble and fall as all empires have before. The decline has already started, and if you want to understand what is going to happen to the USA, read about the end of the Roman Empire. The parallels are staggering.