Why it is good America rules the world

This could have been titled Washington DC but who would have read it?

Washington as a city is all about projecting its place in the world. Romantic style temples housing government buildings were constructed using more modern building techniques but remind me of courts built in Europe, something similar to the Vienna palaces in Austria.

The Capital Hill is striking. The words even more so - quotes of the founding fathers basically scream the philisophy that it is America's role to fight tryanny where ever it may be. On the Commerce Building the inscription notes the importance of how a strong America is the best thing that can free mankind and make a better place.

The US History Smithsonian (what cool guy he was, making all the museums free) had an exhibit on the US battles for freedom. they trace WWI, WWII, Korea and of course Vietnam. No mention was made that the French were colonial powers, that it was Vietnamese fighting for their own country. Still the benefit of hindsight shows this to be true.

Also understood that the US war of independence against the British was essentially a guerilla war. Britain lost this, US lost to Vietnamese, USSR lost to Afghanistan, you can see where this is heading....

But it makes sense why the US is actually there. Thoughts are to take the fight to them and use your troops to fight rather than have then attack you at home Sept 11 style.

Travel in bus with a girl whose brother lost three fingers and suffered paralysis in arm in Sept05 and still not back home so the war is not just theory.

Still as far as world superpowers go I'll take the US any day. the other options are far less savoury - i mean China, Russia, India all fail some of the basic human right records. I'd just disappear if I was to write some of this stuff. Think about next time you bag America - you get to do it and live.