If America was really a war-mongering machine, we wouldn't be stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fact is, the only real reason we are still in either country is that our nation does not support the war. The reasons for our being there are so unclear even to us that we cannot even put 0.05% of our population in arms.
whores is just a more honest word for camp-followers, yup, and B.O.B - according to Plutarch, gonorrhea (life-threatening without modern medicine) ended the careers of more soldiers in ancient warfare than most battles, second only to dysentery.
the thing about america is that we actually have effective educational systems and smart people, but with 300 million, we also have a lot of dumbasses. oh well.
as far as the difference between "america" and "latin-america," i think that the main differences are that our nations are of very different (general) ethnicities; the northern countries begin caucasian immigrants and the southern countries being mostly native peoples and african ... 'immigrants.' We also speak english, german, and french as opposed to spanish and portugese. Superficial divisions of course, but they are divisions that people seem to go by. Personally though, i wish i was still in California, where the latino, black, and even asian cultural impacts are as strong as the white. I wish every part of this nation was so alive and diverse, since it's the myriad of cultures that makes the world exciting, and the ethnic diversity of the United States is the nation's largest 'natural' resource. Whiteville, USA is lame.
Helm, i may be mistaken, but i do not think that he was including you in the r-tard statement, which seems directed at we united states citizens as suggested by the words "just like you."
about miller though, he has never trumpeted his work as anything other than pure entertainment based loosely on...some vague concept that might be almost true. the movie and his comics don't try to be doccumentary, and he knows his market well - his works are nearly all tongue-in-cheek action-splooge mixed with interesting artwork.
the thing about the 300 is partly true, partly false. the greeks deployed several thousand soldiers, but the might of the persians was so great that many, such as the athenians, fled the battle so that they would not all be lost at once. Leonidas and his 300 spartans remained with 700 thespians, 350 thebans, and a few others as the first stall (the second stall consisted of some 800 corinthians and the rest of the of theban, estimated at 300. this stall, placed between athens and corith, was never engaged due to victory at Salamis.
before the final stand nearly all of the thespians were dead and the thebans, isolated and surrounded, surrendered to the persians. The remaining hundred or so spartans (who had lost their leader and much of their equipment in the wrestling-match that greek tactics were reduced to after the initial charge), were killed with missles.
