Martyrdom and the American Empire – Rick Steves
Complete video at: fora.tv Travel writer Rick Steves discusses the seeming contradictions of suicide bombing and Islamic ‘family values,’ comparing the concept of martyrdom in Iran to images of heroism in the United States. Steves says that much of the world views the US as an empire, the only challenge to which lies in waging acts of terrorism. —– Travel guru Rick Steves sheds light on Iran, calling it the most misunderstood country he has ever visited. He discusses his travels through the country and his new special airing on PBS. From Friday prayer in a leading mosque to anti-American murals, Steves presents his message and experiences to help us better understand a nation that continues to be shrouded in mystery and clouded by myths and mistruths. Rick Steves grew up in Edmonds, Washington and studied at the University of Washington where he received degrees in Business Administration and European History. But his real education came in Europe – since 1973 he’s spent 120 days a year in Europe. Spending one third of his adult life living out of a suitcase in Europe has shaped his thinking. Today he employs 80 people at his Europe Through the Back Door headquarters in Edmonds where he produces 30 guidebooks on European travel, the most popular travel series in America on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, and a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune. Rick and his wife Anne have traveled each of the last 18 years with their two …
Americans moooost save America from the american gov. or soon everybody will be agains them, and soon all the world will turn to terrorists hate americans and not only america (Gov.)
@john123wayne that was so eloquent and well put. i mean, beautiful come back…..
i seriously hope for your sake you are under the age of 14. if not, at least lie about it to save yourself the embarrassment.
go read a book
Good day!
@Romania4trutine u are a fucking moron. go to bed.
America is one of the youngest countries in the world (if not the youngest “empire”). All the other territories, have fought their wars, crawled out of rubble, and been fine even before you.
marshall plan? so what has it done in the last few years that is worth mentioning that actually helps people? lets see, crashed stock market, iraq war, imposing own arrogant “liberties” on nations that do not want them there, corrupt politicians, corrupt judges, more failed and corrupt money grubbing neocons
@john123wayne i must say, you are the epitome of arrogant american. “people are jealous of america?” have you read the news???
every country is now trying to stay as far away as possible. america has lost so much respect in the eyes of almost every other countries, and don’t be so sure if the american “empire” wasn’t present, the soviet union or chinese would be. buddy, have you done your history? with anything
@john123wayne just like every other american……you believe yourself above everyone else, and can criticize anyone in the world, but throw a little mud back in their face, and they can’t take it….
@georgio941, Your facts just seem to be straight out of a hollywood movie so…
“european point of view” you might be surprised how many points of view there are since europe isnt really one country…
I guess you can’t argue with a multiculturalist… I bring up facts and the counterargument is simply denial. Whenever someone says something that is contradictory to the European one-sided brainwash -that is regurgitated within schools, TV, and newspapers- it labeled as a social construct that can be so easily challenged by asserting “fallacy”.
@georgio941, Europeans as a whole never needed protection
and also it seems that you’ve watched that christian fundie clip where they show birthrate numbers and immigration, which are shown completely false…
Europeans needed U.S. protection in the past and while there may not be a culminating military threat within Europe today there certainly is a significant demographic change. Europe is becoming aging society and to compensate for that, Muslims have been making up for the children Europeans don’t want… once they become immersed into the political arena, it won’t be long before Europe will be an Islamic state. They will either breed you out or vote you out once they are the major demographic.
Every “developed” country has a lot of debt… including the many struggling nations within the EU like the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain). That is not even including all of the eastern European nations and Iceland that are in worse shape. This will ultimately lead to the collapse of the EU.
It is exactly as Rick states. I live here in America and see firsthand why we are not popular anywhere. As for saving Haiti with our military; it sure didn’t help the people in New Orleans with katrina. 90% of the relief to Haiti is privately funded, not US military funded. If we become the isolationist state we are heading towards we will be no better than the terrorists we inspire.Take a look at the changes in your local police in the last 20 years if you doubt it.
@georgio941, soviet union in disguise? do you know even what they do?
arguing about how a curved cucumber should be, yeah big threat there
Ah, Europeans are such tools. They don’t even realise that the EU is just the Soviet Union in guise with Europol being the future Gulag and political correctness being the mechanism that suppresses political and social opposition.
Steves is a typical Seattle area granola head liberal. He is quick to demonize the military and to start dribbling about global warming. Just because he has made travel videos does not make him an authority on the world’s geopolitical situation. His videos are littered with mistakes and many a time he looks like a stupid American tourist. It is our “imperialistic military” that will help the thousands in Haiti. Why don’t you make a video about that, Rick Steves.
Mate… finance our protection? lol do you know how much money you owe to china, europe and japan?
nobody need your “protection” there isnt so great military threat from ANYWHERE
Tell me this Rick, did the peoples of Europe living under the Roman Empire live better or worse than the years that followed it? I believe they called that later time period the Dark Ages. Doesn’t sound pleasant to me. Secondly, if you want less military spending, how about we make Europe finance their protection? The only way they can afford all of their socialist programs that you praise is because they are getting a free ride via minimal defence spending.
LoveAmericanStyle,You are full of shit!!!!!!!
how did you jerk-knees taste? Way to miss his larger points.
The Soviet Union is gone. Russia cannot afford 130 bases. If we cut back to half of those bases we’d still rule the world and China couldn’t gain any ground without military excuses to do so, which we wouldn’t let them get away with. So we don’t need all the bases and military spending.
Wow! You don’t get do you? Sad, stupid American igorant little snot. Grow up.
Great video!!! Fairly simple explanation by someone who has traveled the World… When you travel and interact with the rest of the World as he has, you simply cannot support America’s foreign policy.
And how’s that working out? Did you even hear one thing he said?
SPEAK UP!!! All war is controlled by an economic power.. WE THE HUMAN RACE!!! must stand together to promote peace and END ALL WAR!!!
PROMOTE WORLD PEACE!! If don’t agree with me, please study! educate yourself DEEPER about what is happening in the world today!
The AMERICAN PEOPLE do NOT WANT WAR! ANYWHERE!
We are all being controlled by an ECONOMIC SYSTEM! Look to the Big Corporations!
A Very Concerned American Citizen
typical leftist blowhard…what about the drive for global Islamic domination?