Surveyor, I don’t think your facts and my facts are at odds.I think our interpretation and perception of things are. It seems you are more Pro- U.S. biased than I am Anti-US biased by far. Also more pro -conservative biased than I am in favor of any political tendancies.I will say that your knowlege of history, recent and current events is impressive
“It is an article of faith for Obama, and many others on the left in the U.S. and abroad, that it is the United States that is mostly responsible for the world’s ills.”
I don’t think this applies to me. I think it must be human nature that is mostly responsible for the world’s ills. The U.S. just is at the forefront of expression in these times. I don’t like the way it is being done….I say this in the most non-partisan of ways. As long as the world is divdided into nations with borders I want to be proud to be an American. There isn’t much allowing for that at this time according to my sensibilities. I think we are more a part of the world’s problems than we are part of the solution. Sorry that doesn’t sit well with you.