Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
I don't think what our "enemies" are doing in terms of interrogation, human rights, pollution regulations or anything else should be our yardstick for our own country. Especially if you want us to be "the best."

That's the problem with your argument Strike.... you want the U.S. to be the best, but doing things like yanking out of proliferation and pollution treaties is counterproductive. The future is not in burning more coal and building a lot more nukes. The future is in new tech and sciences and alternative energy and education. If simply having the biggest stockpile of weapons and the most lucrative free market economy would alone make us the best then we've been the best for decades and are not being seriously challenged (yet), so I fail to see why pulling out of these treaties was necessary with that goal in mind.
Once agian Im not saying lowering our stockpile or cleaning our air are bad things. What I am saying is that we should do these things on our own terms.