But an American policy that rests on a self-indulgent fiction must be expected to come to a bad end.
We're trying as well as we can, sometimes we error, sometimes we lie, cheat, steel and murder but overall we've got a good goal in mind. That our views rest on self-indulgent fiction is not supported by the artical and the their is a constant begging of the question;
this whole argument that America is wrong is predicated on a pre-standing notion that America is wrong
. Something close to Huntington's war of civilizations has begun. National mobilization has already taken place. Years of struggle lie ahead.
fair enough, this is a third world war, given how civilized the world is it's amazing we've only got to deal with gorillas w/out WMDs.
Most advanced societies have already had, or have, their wars with "terrorism"
the major differences are that 1.)alquida has full nations with lots of backing that push forward 'education' in American killing terrorist thought. 2.) other terrorists are generally 'freedom fighters' while the terrorist we face aren't trying to get land, they are trying to destroy 'evil' society 3.) a 'political' arm that has number of requests and a definite number of concessions that will end the terror w/ the others; nothing but America putting aside all of it's liberal freedoms and becoming an Islamic nation will appease the terrorists we face.
It is the United States that has changed. They are disturbed that American leaders seem unable to understand this.
What other nations 'understand' about us is of little consequence as long as they help us in our fight to stem the flow of terrorists that want to destroy Christian and Secular society. that 'nothing can be the same' is a function of how America has been awoken from it's decadent sleep of ignorance to those that want to end society. If others want to stew in decadence that's fine, but America has always put-aside it's self-fulfillment to stand up against the evils of the world.
the source of the problem lies in how the United States has conducted itself since September 2001.
people who hate us will hate us forever, those that disagree with the stand-up American values will never come around to agreeing with taking it head-on and ignoring the bruises as we fight for a noble goal. We can't expect them to, but we can ask they they not fan the flames of anti-Americanism.
A French writer has put it this way: it has been like discovering that a respected, even beloved, uncle has slipped into schizophrenia.
the French people have never liked us, they never will, we are to similar; Truly, the 'elite media' pushes a socialism agenda across Europe; and unlike in America the conservatives have little to no voice. In the end many people around the world see we are trying to fight those that want to bring down society, other countries have submitted to this: some blame America for being so 'evil' and thus 'deserving' it. But over all we're still the lesser of 2 evils and we're going to fight the other evil as hard as we can to keep our innocents from being murdered.
Actually what RadBrad is talking about is the rise in America of the same psychological factors that were present when Hitler began his quest for power, a profound inferiority complex masked by titanic arrogance.
did you know Hitler was a vegetarian painter...
:shakes head; what a clown.