The George Washington, England's greatest enemy thread got me to thinking, who would be considered America's greatest enemy? So in that vein here's a list of enemies, who do you consider the greatest and why?
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America's greatest enemy?
- Thread starter stratovani
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And for Heaven's sake, please, please, please don't make this political. Please keep it historical.
I voted "other" because I don't think America's greatest enemy is military per se. Not to get all "preachy" but I think it's popular media and corporate greed - both are doing more damage to us than any darn thing. In both world wars our casualties were really a fraction of what other nation's had faced. With exception on the US Civil war, we've been really lucky, so yeah. I don't see our enemy as a uniformed military person, I see it as a set of bad ideals and irresponsible greed that's eating us up from teh inside out. just MHO is all
I voted Khrushchev.
None of the others come close to world destruction as he did.
He wasn't to nice to his own people ether.
None of the others come close to world destruction as he did.
He wasn't to nice to his own people ether.
Wrong. You've succeded into making it political by pointing out all of America's faults, which was never my intention. I want to keep this strictly historical, OK?
Saying that the ideals of the American populace are our country's greatest enemies does not involve politics, my friend.
Good luck trying to dictate the flow of discussion on an internet forum...
Good luck trying to dictate the flow of discussion on an internet forum...
Well, it's neck to neck so far..... not. It's tempting to go political with this; I think in general 'Murica seems to embody some of the best and some of the worst tendencies of human nature, and right now the bad guys may have the upper hand. 'That general enough?
Really? You could have fooled me! And what's wrong with trying to dictate the flow of discussion in order that this thread won't get shut down?
Sorry Strat, no disrespect meant of course but I think that our greatest enemy is not necessarily a military one, seriously. We're a pretty strong country and I don't think we've ever been taken to our knees like many other nations have. We've been lucky.
Maybe edit the OP to indicate that you are looking for the greatest military enemy only?
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