# USA is a shitty country, stop bombing everyone **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452 "2013-12-16T10:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/101 "2013-12-17T14:36:56Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Just because the Luxembourg government is giving away tax money doesn’t necessarily make the populace charitable. I was not aware that Luxembourg is not a democracy. Imagine that. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/102 "2013-12-17T14:38:03Z")
Clearly, it’s time we bombed Luxembourg. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/103 "2013-12-17T14:55:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > In all fairness, they wouldn’t \*need \*to. I meant even after installing a solid-state AC coriolis rectifier in series with the 110-volt-to-220-volt transformer. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/104 "2013-12-17T14:58:15Z")
Still gotta apply a correction factor for the sink drain swirling the wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/105 "2013-12-17T16:40:36Z")
> [@Ben-wynyard](#): > > yip you heard it/ stop bombing everyone and making up lies to justify it!! The only terrorist are you and your army. Yeah, well, YOU gave us Lorde, and I’m really sick of “Royals.” So, we’re even. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/106 "2013-12-17T17:06:41Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Yes, because nobody was here with me. Or was it somebody? Or anybody? I can’t keep them straight, they all look alike to me. That’s racist. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/107 "2013-12-17T17:18:37Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > That’s racist. What isn’t racist? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/108 "2013-12-17T17:31:41Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Yes, because nobody was here with me. Or was it somebody? Or anybody? I can’t keep them **straight** , they all look alike to me. > [@Miller](#): > > That’s racist. Bolding mine. I’d have gone with homophobic myself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/109 "2013-12-17T17:34:30Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > What isn’t racist? Skittles. Skittles aren’t racist. Skittles are all the colors of the rainbow working together. There’s not even any white skittles, it’s just all the colored skittles working together to offer the people who buy them a flavor explosion… The colors crammed together in a little box until somebody buys them… Aw, crap. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/110 "2013-12-17T17:36:50Z")
Now you know why there aren’t any white Skittles. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/111 "2013-12-17T17:41:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Clearly, it’s time we bombed Luxembourg. Why does Iceland keep getting a free pass??!? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/112 "2013-12-17T17:45:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Why does Iceland keep getting a free pass??!? You never heard of the Bjork Lobby? Think “Israeli Lobby” but much, much bigger! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/113 "2013-12-17T18:51:44Z")
> [@iLemming](#): > > Their gun, fast food and greed addictions don’t paint a pretty or egalitarian picture. Hey, it may not be pretty but it’s egalitarian as all heck. It’s guns, fast food, and greed for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/114 "2013-12-17T19:04:14Z")
Bombing people is just our why of acting out. It’s a cry for help. Why are you so dead set on being mean to such a troubled nation, that really just needs a hug? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/115 "2013-12-17T19:17:15Z")
It’s not about making \*them \*feel better. It’s about making US feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/116 "2013-12-17T21:17:53Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Nah, it’s the part with all the womp rats. > > No wait, sorry, that’s wombats. Ignorance fought. I thought it was full of Hobbits. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/117 "2013-12-17T22:10:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > America is less charitable than most other nations as a percentage of its wealth, Ah the old Der Trihs, “I’m just going to make some shit up again.” routine. What percentage do you give to charities? You seem very concerned about who gives what to charities that I imagine you are a very generous person and give quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/118 "2013-12-17T22:14:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Ignorance fought. I thought it was full of Hobbits. Nope, rabbits and hobos. But they make Hobbits. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/119 "2013-12-17T22:15:22Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Ah the old Der Trihs, “I’m just going to make some shit up again.” routine. > > What percentage do you give to charities? You seem very concerned about who gives what to charities that I imagine you are a very generous person and give quite a bit. Nah, that would require him to hit up his Mom for a higher allowance, or to spend less on video games. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452/120 "2013-12-17T22:15:37Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Nope, rabbits and hobos. > > But they make Hobbits. 😃 I would have thought they made rabbos. 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452.md?page=7)