[JackMonroe]

Yep, totally agree with you on most things except for the stuff about the UN. Obama is 90% like Bush in every aspect, and nobody realizes it because he has a much different charisma. When you have a terribly corrupted and unregulated lobbying system like the one in the U.S., the biggest lobbying groups will ALWAYS have their demands done by the president as they have paid for his campaign. He essentially either does what they say, or owes them millions of dollars, just like Newt Gingrich owes his lobbying funders 2.3 million dollars right now as he dropped out of the presidential race. That is why the U.S. will never have an athiest/agnostic president and will never have a president that doesn't back Israel.

It seems most soldiers i've talked to that have gone to Iraq or Afghanistan completely believe they went there for their country's freedom and to do justice in the world... total baloney and military brainwash. 

I still can't fathom how people fall for it over and over again.  It frustrates me so much that I hate to talk about it.  I will say that the last election and this upcoming one, I think the majority of military contributions were for Ron Paul.  I could be wrong though.  And the reason I say that about the UN.  It is basically a bunch of Politicians from different countries who get together and decide who gets to have what.  We are more trustworthy than you so we can have nukes but you can't.  If you try to make nukes then we will have no choice but to NATO your ass.  It is also clear that certain UN people have more sway than others.