The United States have obviously no concept of how religious freedom works!

I guess Bender will like to get pissed...oh...uh...you know what I mean...

Never saw that comming :)

Uh, isn't Taiwan GMT+8? Last time I was in Fuzhou, i had it +8.

Your military might be impressive when facing a bunch of goatf*ckers hiding in caves. Facing modern armies (EU, Russia, China), it starts looking quite shabby.

Not even there, unless you like to sit in the first few rows

Why does this comment get modded as a troll?

You mentioned 6 out of 200 countries in the world, you dick. Also, the "you can not afford healthcare" argument is not valid. A country's first obligation is to keep its population safe, and healthcare is one of the top means of doing this. Oh, and while you Americans argue about whether the US can or can not afford its people's health, you have no problem throwing out trillions for warfare and weapons.

the US's lap dog emulates its master.
Cameron must have figured out that, if US corporation can make big money out of healthcare, then britfag corps can do the same...and gratefully share some profit with his party...

Uh dude, I fully agree with you, but this guy is just the average 'Murrican. Met em a lot last year in the midwest, ready do wipe out the ayatollahs in Iran (Nevermind they can not even find Iran on a map); the same type of people who keep GW Bush pics on the wall because Hussein Obama is not their president. Oh, and they think that Obamacare is socialism and fascism combined etc. etc.

That made me turn my back on the US after a year and return to Europe, here at least I can choose the country and the political system I want to live in. It makes me feel sorry for some very fine American people I met there, and had to leave behind!

your own CNN or FOX news eyes? I have been to the US, China and Myanmar lately, and honestly, the US population has no real conception of the outside world. OTOH those great freedoms you keep talking about, just do not exist in the US. Face it, you are being given a similar treatment the Soviet population has been given decades ago: The external enemy is lurking behind the corner...and he is reeeealllyyy eeeeevil :-)

the majority of the worlds population would consider the US government nutshit crazy too....

You obviously have no idea how rebellions start! Most of them actually get hijacked by criminals and other violent opportunists - your standard black market gang!

From Wikipedia:

Like all Middle Eastern states, labeled as enemies by the US, Syria has a high literacy. So had Iraq (Soviet influence), Iran (Soviet influence), Libya (Soviet influence), South Yemen (Soviet influence), etc.
Unlike Americas illiterate dictator friends: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, North Yemen.
But, the Syrians can deem themselves lucky, now that the US's bearded friends are bringing "democracy" to their neighborhood...

I think you overrate Iran's influence on Syria. Although the Alawites were quite friendly to Iran, Syria was and is a strictly secular state, and like all other ME players, it's trying to keep the balance of power by maintaining foreign influences and alliances. After all, without Hezbollah keeping them busy, Israel could get some funny ideas; especially shortly before elections... Also, what is it that the Syrians did *not* do by themselves? They are a sovereign state, period!

... targeting political opponents from within!