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Re:US Threatened Germany Over Snowden, Vice Chancellor Says by PopsiclePete on Thursday March 19, 2015 @12:51PM (#9233177)
The US was just not ready to be a Super Power, I don't think. It's not "grown up" enough to act responsibly. It lacks a lot of subtlety and tact, it's like a fat, loud obnoxious 12-year old bullying all other kids on the playground.

It's a shame, too, because it can be a true leader that is followed out of respect and not fear. It just chooses the other path, time and time again, since it's easier.

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Re:US Threatened Germany Over Snowden, Vice Chancellor Says by speik on Thursday March 19, 2015 @12:59PM (#9233223)
This is an absurdly broad comment. The US has been a super power for over half a century. You've distilled decades of complex foreign policy involving every nation on earth down to a five sentence blanket condemnation.
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Re:US Threatened Germany Over Snowden, Vice Chancellor Says by PopsiclePete on Thursday March 19, 2015 @02:07PM (#9233591)
The more I think about it, the more I agree with you. That was pretty stupid of me. Can't get emotions get in the way of reason.
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