And there was a time when China dominated everyone else. Crusades fucked shit up, and then Imperialism made it worse. Europe screwed the Middle East and Africa over (and China), US and Great Britain screwed South America over.

Also, Limited, the Taliban would waltz right back into Afghanistan and take over within a decade if we left now. Then there would be the bad kind of dictatorship, at least just as much civilian killing, and we'd have another hostile country on our hands (Afghanistan right now is not a hostile nation, it just has hostiles in it, like Iraq...North Korea and Iran are hostile Nations). Also, there have always been more civilian casualties in war since World War II, where 95% of the deaths were civilian.

Also, why do you say "did not welcome Americans?" You are forgetting that it was a COALITION of primarily American and British forces that rolled over Iraq. Your country is just as guilty. We started it, UK followed (and then pulled a Russia on the deal). So I ask you, who's the more foolish? Is it the fool or the fool who follows him?

Patriotic garbage indeed.