Why The US Is No Longer Seen As The World Leader In Many Countries

 

One big problem is the fact that our political leaders are completely unwilling to work together to do what is needed. We have way to many politicians that think that we have no need to work with other countries to truly help them. No one is willing to actually try and work together. There are issues with terrorist groups that we just play with and won’t do what needs to be done to get rid of them.

Another problem is our citizens who travel overseas. Many act as though they are in their own home and refuse to adhere to the laws in the other countries as they should. Many Americans are pretty xenophobic which means they have no respect for the cultures and/or the Religions in the countries they go to.

Since we are completely unwilling to actually be truly helpful the rest of the world just considers us to be inconsiderate and unfriendly. Isolationism is a very bad thing.

 

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Why is the World Becoming Worse?

 

Look around at everything that is happening and get as much information as you can from many sources. Do not allow yourself to be conned into believing someone else's views. Make your own informed decision.

Some of the problems we have in the world are caused by the way some of our citizens behave when overseas.

For instance when I was in the Philippines I was in the restaurant at the hotel the company put me up at one evening and an American that from the sound of his voice in my opinion was from somewhere in the Midwest starting ripping into the poor girl who was his waitress.

The problem was that there had been a small misunderstanding and she brought him the wrong drink and he started to rip into her like she was serving him poison.

I had the same thing happen to me. When I got there I wanted to try a daiquiri which I figured would be awesome in a tropical country where the fruit was not shipped in from all over the place. So I ordered a daiquiri and I ended up with a very large glass of ice filled with Tanqueray. 

Did I then start chewing out the waitress? Hell no. I ordered a glass of Mango juice to go along with it and all was fine.

For those of you that travel please remember when you are traveling, particularly when you are on another country, THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE! Behave yourself and don’t act like an asshole.

It does happen all the time of course but when it does happen it blown up to the point where everyone anywhere nearby is aware.

As the waitress walked by me in tears I stopped her and gave her a tip while looking directly into the eyes of the asshole that started this. And when the restaurant manager came out I stopped him as well and told him that nothing had happened except for a small mistake and that he should ignore the idiot that caused this.

In my opinion, based on things I have actually seen. This is a small part of why we are disliked in some countries. But even with what happened at that restaurant we are not disliked in the Philippines except for a group of Islamic militants down in the south of the country but they are a very small minority.

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Why Can’t We All Get Along!

I am so tired of seeing Facebook posts of those that feel obligated to slam Islam or Muslims in general or immigrants to the US whether legal or illegal.

There have been some horrible things done by People of other cultures and I will fully admit that but these people that seem to believe it is perpetrated by the majority of those folks are so very wrong.

I personally am not alarmed by whatever your religious affiliation is. You are welcome in my house. You may be Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Shinto, Taoist, Christian, or whatever faith I have missed. I may not be familiar fully with your beliefs but I know that there is no religion out there that is truly looking for the eradication of the rest of the world that is not the same religion.

Many people in the US complain and go after Muslims while Christians historically have been some of the most violent people in history. We have the the unfortunate obligation of being responsible for the Crusades and the Inquisition.

Christianity as a whole has probably been responsible for more death and violence over the course of history than anyone else.

Anyone in this world, regardless of their religion, is welcome in my house. Although in todays economy I will be rather hard pressed to provide anything more than basic necessities.

Never fear me. I am the most tolerant person that anyone will ever meet.

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