Miyabi, you should never be afraid to say what you think because you're afraid it will affect how people think of you. You think what you think, and you have every right to express it. I don't think anybody here will dislike you just because you disagree with them or they disagree with you. And if they do, in all honesty, you probably don't need a person like that to like you, anyway. People of differing views should be able to consult each other MORE frequently and fervently than people who share the same view--it leads t0 more enlightenment and a farther expansion of you base set of ideas. I mean, if you look at the thread "Question", it's blatantly obvious Ookla and I completely disagree. I don't dislike Ookla any more for it, and I don't get the impression Ookla dislikes me any more because of it (and we were talking about a VERY touchy subject).
That being said, you've essentially said in this thread the US had no right to get go into war with Japan because they weren't invading us. The Nazis weren't invading us. I think it's a pretty good thing that we went to war with them.
As for the issues with Israel and the Arabian Sub-Continent, whatever you might think the US has done to any of those countries, the fact is that the organizations and nations that get involved in actions like the attack on the Pentagon, and the attack on the Towers are headed by devious individuals. When we were providing weapons to Afghanistan so they could repel the USSR, they weren't complaining. The people in charge need an enemy to gain power, and the west matches the requirements for an enemy religiously, culturally and historically. That doesn't mean it is historically justified, it just means that they have enough to move the masses.
Also, I find it somewhat amusing that you basically said, "We as a nation should act selfishly for self-preservation" in saying we shouldn't have gone to war with Japan because they weren't bugging us, and then you complain about things we do which are geared towards self-preservation, like creating a US-friendly state in the Middle East. :-P.