The U.S.A. is not the evil country everyone makes it out to be

Firstly, I would like to point out that if my opponent is going to make such controversial statements, they really should cite all their statistics and "facts" they put forth, otherwise they are just empty words. I'm not going to try and disprove most of the points my opponent made simply because they have no sources and without them I don't think they mean anything. Instead I will be making my own points. Point 1: American giving People in the U.S. give a very large amount to charity. Numbers don't lie. Americans give over 335 BILLION DOLLARS TO CHARITY. If that is not an example of American goodness, then I don't know what is. http://www.nptrust.org... There also was a recent statement by president Obama that I found very inspiring. When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our lives. Our children will always remember that there was someone who felt our struggle and made a long journey to protect innocent people." That is the difference we make in the world. Now I'm not an Obama fan by any means, but that is pretty cool. http://www.bbc.com... Point 2: The government does not fully represent american values People are easily manipulated, plain and simple. That's why politicians can gain power. But they are just a fraction of the people in the U.S. In general, America brings good to the world. Using your definition of malevolent, people in america do not wish to bring harm to the rest of the world. Point 3: It's not just the U.S. For evil to be evil, their has to be a good. Otherwise it's just the way things are. In almost any example that you could possibly give, even if it were an immoral act, there is always somebody else who has done the same thing. Everyone acts as if we are the sole perpetrators of moral law and that we are one rung below satan, but in reality nobody is perfect. There will always be evils in the world and there is no getting around that. Also, everyone looks far back in the past at americas wrongdoings, but this is ridiculous. That would be like looking back at something that you did when you were a child and didn't know any better, but now know is the wrong thing to do. Slavery being a prime example, however if you look back through history almost every civilization throughout history at one point had slaves. http://www.cnn.com... Rebuttal: I will be making some arguments against some of the opening statements that do not require sources. You compare America's nationalism to that of Nazi Germany. There is a big difference from being proud of where you live, or even believe that where your country is the best in the world, and taking over all of Europe. Secondly, we do not "invade" the same way either. Nazi Germany invaded with the intentions of taking it over and making it apart of Germany. We come in and give it back when we're through. Now on to immigration. You posed the question, "are the thousands of immigrants so confident in america that they would prefer to live there, or are they on the verge of desperation. I believe that it's both. Of course they're desperate, they are coming from some of the poorest countries in the world. But they also know everything else that's great about america. That children get free education, the right to vote, no civil war, freedom of speech, etc. This is the reason that the U.S.A. is the best place in the world and they know that. Their desperation just points to the true safe haven that America provides. I would like to thank my opponent and the voters. (P.S. Do you live in the U.S.A.?)