Your point being what? Every other country minds their own business, there is no other country in the world that would have been given such leeway when invading the other country, no other country wears the self appointed epithet of "world cop".
My point isn't that America isn't great or that a lot of that has come out of isnt good.....but what would you make of your friend if he one day came to your house and claimed "I am greater than, your values suck, and I am making my word the law in your house"...my point is that it is terribly conceited and narrow minded of you to claim "we are the greatest". If a Dom came to the chat and said "I am the greatest Dom", how would you react...and you have to state it, all the time (and yes, that is something 99% of you do)....even in liberal medium, because thats what those loonies have reduced you to...even the most serious intellectuals feel they have to do it every time they debate something, lest they be accused of being unpatriotic, not supporting the troops...
Unlike most of you, I do know what those troops are going through and the situations they face...so how come, wanting them to stay alive and not die in vain makes me their enemy...while you feel no indignations towards people who have sent them to die so laconically?
I am not trying to be hostile, I am sorry if thats how it comes across...but I wont apologies for caring. Things like that used to matter, things like integrity and personal accountability....what Nixon did seems like child play compared to what Bush did...and yet, those who seek to continue his policies have a 50% chance of winning the election.....it fills me with wonder. Are human beings ever going to learn to talk things out, to live their own lives and let others do the same without trying to change them into their own image? Will the message of piece ever be as sexy and news appealing as a gun loving chick in heels?