I have been living overseas for most of the past 5 years and it is a given that most people (especially younger people) hate America. The conversations are always the same... people who have listened to others who have the same beliefs as they do and read the same America hating books. They consider themselves well educated and anyone who disagrees is ill informed and they are pleased to teach you about your country.
Two nights ago I was blessed with a particularly well educated person who made the statement "America is responsible for 95% of the world's problems". With his morally superior tone, he was pleased to tell me what a mess Iraq was. When asked about the 100,000's that were dying due to the "moral" sanction policy (that he supported) before the war he had nothing to say. This is not to say I think the Iraq war was a good idea, I really do not know what will happen but it does not look good right now. He told me what a mess Afganistan is now. When asked if life was measurably better now for women who could now leave their homes unescorted, go to school, work and vote he said (and I loved this), "I could not say that".
It is frustrating to me that people can not see that when their are tough decisions to be made (there are very valid points on both sides) that someone has to make a decision. Right now, the UN will not do it...look at North Korea, Iran...no serious sanctions...just talk. No decisions.
Of course the US makes tons of mistakes (don't get me started on Guantanamo Bay) but these fools who believe that the US does nothing right are jokes. I think I heard enought the other night to last me a while.
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