Originally Posted by
Sjoerd
That may very well be. After all, it were the Rambos in the
American government that believed that they could make the world safer by invading Iraq. And even 4 years into that disaster they still claim they were right.
Now have a look at
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ers-per-capita
compare the US to most of Europe, and decide for yourself which method works best: "shoot first talk later" or vice versa.
I don't see your point because Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Georgia, and Bulgaria are all EUROPEAN countries that have higher crime rates than US. Besides the above 9 countries above with higher crime (murder) rates, I don't see how you injected Iraq into this discussion.