The United States of America

Republic of the Free

To the People of the World,

In recent years the Untied States has suffered numerous hurricanes, forest fires and other natural disasters. During this time, we also found the wherewithal to donate over $700 million to the tsunami relief fund, above and beyond assets already committed. Where has the rest of the planet been in our time of disasters?

It is time for the United States to withdraw from the world geopolitical arena and tend to our own needs. Therefore, beginning with the New Year, all military forces will be withdrawn summarily from their assignments worldwide and returned to their homes. All citizens are also recalled or face termination of citizenship. The United States is withdrawing all international financial support. All bank transactions and current international stock holdings will be cancelled. Our borders will be sealed indefinitely.

Once the isolation has begun, any attempt to enter the United States or its’ territories will be dealt with harshly and considered to be hostile in nature. Our forces have been withdrawn, not retired.

Communications of all type will be severed and re-established only when deemed necessary.

Good Luck and Godspeed,

The United States of America

hey es, who wrote this?

If that happened i would laugh so hard i'd die of suffocation

I found this interesting. People truly do not like the U.S.

VIENNA, Austria - From papal prayers to telegrams from China, the world reacted with an outpouring of compassion Wednesday for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in messages tinged by shock that a disaster of this scale could occur in the United States.

Islamic extremists rejoiced in America's misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring in Internet chatter that "Private" Katrina had joined the global jihad, or holy war. With "God's help," they declared, oil prices would hit $100 a barrel this year.

Venezuela's government, which has had tense relations with Washington, offered humanitarian aid and fuel if requested.

The storm was seen as an equalizer — proof that any country, weak or strong, can be victimized by a natural disaster. Images of flood-ravaged New Orleans earned particular sympathy in central Europe, where dozens died in raging floodwaters only days ago.

"Nature proved that no matter how rich and economically developed you are, you can't fight it," says Danut Afasei, a local official in Romania's Harghita county, where flooding killed 13 people last week.

Throughout Europe, concerned citizens lamented the loss of life and the damage caused to New Orleans, often described as one of North America's most "European" cities.

French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sent messages of sympathy to President Bush. Chirac, who has famously quarreled with Bush over the Iraq war, addressed this letter, "Dear George."

Pope Benedict XVI said he was praying for victims of the "tragic" hurricane while China's President Hu Jintao expressed his "belief that that the American people will definitely overcome the natural disaster and rebuild their beautiful homeland."

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II also sent a message to Bush saying she was "deeply shocked and saddened" at the devastation caused by the hurricane and expressing her condolences, "especially to the families of those who have lost their lives, to the injured and to all who have been affected by this terrible disaster."

The U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland — a capital at the foot of the Alps hit by flooding last week — said calls were rushing in from Swiss individuals and institutions looking for a way to donate to relief efforts.

"We are getting calls from the Swiss public looking to express their condolences, (and) people are also asking for an account number where they can make donations," said spokesman Daniel Wendell.

The Internet-edition Vienna daily Der Standard had recorded 820 postings commenting on a front-page story on the hurricane. In one of the postings, signature "Emerald" asked where money could be donated to the victims, but the question sparked a debate about whether a rich country like the United States needed such aid.

In response, one posting, from signature "far out," argued that hurricane victims who are poor still needed support.

Amid the sympathy, however, there was criticism.

As U.S. military engineers struggled to shore up breached levees, experts in the Netherlands expressed surprise that New Orleans' flood systems failed to restrain the raging waters.

With half of the country's population of 16 million living below sea level, the Netherlands prepared for a "perfect storm" soon after floods in 1953 killed 2,000 people. The nation installed massive hydraulic sea walls.

"I don't want to sound overly critical, but it's hard to imagine that (the damage caused by Katrina) could happen in a Western country," said Ted Sluijter, spokesman for the park where the sea walls are exhibited. "It seemed like plans for protection and evacuation weren't really in place, and once it happened, the coordination was on loose hinges."

The sympathy was muted in some corners by a sense that the United States reaped what it sowed, since the country is seen as the main contributor to global warming.

Joern Ehlers, a spokesman for World Wildlife Fund Germany, said global warming had increased the intensity of hurricanes.

"The Americans have a big impact on the greenhouse effect," Ehlers said.

But Harlan L. Watson, the U.S. envoy for negotiations on climate change, denied any link between global warming and the strength of storms.

"Our scientists are telling us right now that there's not a linkage," he said in Geneva. "I'll rely on their information."

They can lament all they please, if they actually want to do something for help aid is welcomed just as it is when something happens to them and we send aid. and Netherlands can balk all they want and brag, if that storm hit their contry, it would be gone. And China showing such a face is just for that, show.

In the next few weeks we shall see if they truly do not hate us...

Originally posted by Evakian
In the next few weeks we shall see if they truly do not hate us...

It should prove interesting.

I found this excerpt extremely disturbing.

"Islamic extremists rejoiced in America's misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring in Internet chatter that "Private" Katrina had joined the global jihad, or holy war. With "God's help," they declared, oil prices would hit $100 a barrel this year."

Islam is not a very loving religion.

:(

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS?!?!?!!

We really need to find out what the crap is going on at OPEC

Islam is not a very loving religion. Sigh Echo your idiotic stereotyping is getting bothersome.

Originally posted by Evakian
They can lament all they please, if they actually want to do something for help aid is welcomed just as it is when something happens to them and we send aid. and Netherlands can balk all they want and brag, if that storm hit their contry, it would be gone. And China showing such a face is just for that, show.

In the next few weeks we shall see if they truly do not hate us...

Wow...great attitude as you sit at home in your nice "dry" house...

BTW America contributes far less than any other country when looked at in terms of wealth.

Originally posted by Echo2
I found this interesting. People truly do not like the U.S.


I find it interesting that after reading that entire article you come to that conclusion.

Some foreigners will offer help, some will not.
Same here, some Americans will offer help, some will not.

The fact is the US doesn't need help from other countries, least of all monetarily.

I support that declaration 100%.

I only wish that the Bushco creeps would support it.

Good luck with that!!

I hate to say it, but we DO need help.
This country is damn BROKE, and WORSE than broke.
It would be very nice if foreign countries offered a helping hand--in a monetary way. WE help THEM. We need it. It costs very little to send a telegram!

Originally posted by Evakian
Netherlands can balk all they want and brag, if that storm hit their contry, it would be gone.

Do you know that for a fact?..........have you done extensive studies on the dike system in the Netherlands that allows you to make such an assertion??

Or could it be that you simply spewed the claim out of anger, anger that a person in a foreign nation had the effrontery to suggest that your precious "We're number one!!" nation just might be less than perfect???

Face the facts;

These sorts of human disasters will CONTINUE to happen, continue to be worse in magnitude, as long as the (Corporate owned) political leadership in this country ---as has happened on a massive scale under the Bush Administration--- continues to direct funding AWAY FROM those programs and those infrastructures that benefit the People of this country, and direct those monies TOWARD more war, more militarism, more foreign entanglements, more power over other countries and their oil resources, and more Corporate profits.

Funding --under the Bush Government-- for reinforcing the levee system surrounding New Orleans---- DOWN.

Funding --under the Bush Government-- for the waging of war, to supposedly provide a better way of life for people in another country-----WAAAAAAY UP.

Number of National Guardsmen --under the Bush Government-- taken away from Louisiana and sent to fight in an ill-advised foreign war ---- 4100

" ... hey es, who wrote this? ... "

Three guesses & the first two don't count.

All i can say here about France is that people feel very sorry for Katrina's victims. It has been a major event on TV news. On talk shows about this disaster, spectators asked how it is possible to help the USA.
I also read the french govt offered its help, like UE officials.

A recurrent idea on this forum is that "the world hates the USA". It always seems very excessive to me. Yes, sure, as the only superpower, the USA attract many criticism. But that does not mean everyone hates you !