THAT GUY wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq
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# Poland: 200 invasion—2,500 peak (withdrawn 10/08)
How dare you discredit Poland. Racist.
*rolls eyes*
Rienna wrote:-why was the US unable to get backup by most of the world for the war in iraq?
did I say all of the world? did I discredit the polish in any way shape or form? no. I said unable to gain the support of MOST of the world.
Robot Nixon wrote:Rienna wrote:...and yet 99% of the american population gets insulted when the rest of the world called them ignorant idiots?...
Aye, you racist you!
no... impossible.
rac⋅ism
/ˈreɪsɪzəm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rey-siz-uhm] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
race
2 /reɪs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [reys] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
2. a population so related.
3. Anthropology.
a. any of the traditional divisions of humankind, the commonest being the Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negro, characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics: no longer in technical use.
b. an arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, esp. formerly, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups.
c. a human population partially isolated reproductively from other populations, whose members share a greater degree of physical and genetic similarity with one another than with other humans.
A⋅mer⋅i⋅can
/əˈmɛrɪkən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-mer-i-kuhn] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
2. of or pertaining to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: the American continents.
3. of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, usually excluding the Eskimos, regarded as being of Asian ancestry and marked generally by reddish to brownish skin, black hair, dark eyes, and prominent cheekbones.
–noun
4. a citizen of the United States of America.
5. a native or inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere.
6. an Indian of North or South America.
7. American English.
8. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.
THUS! (I know, took awhile to get to my point)... by the very definition of the word, not a racist. American does not qualify as a "race".
