Its the calssic empirical delusion and its fed by the people. Thanks to years of "fight 'em over there" talk and a serious lack of reality when it comes to dealing with history Americans seem to figure GOD put a special interest in America. I mean honestly this is the country that has a hard time figuring out that when you try to invade a country and get kicked out you don't win. I've heard from some American friends that in their schools they teach it that they won the war of 1812. As I recall their justification is that they won the last battle which took place 3 months after the peace treaty was signed (communication back then was slow as sin). And dont even try to talk about Vietnam. This has lead to a serious lack of ability to rationalize failure and loss of life. Therefore America tries to prevent loss of human life in war by creating ultra high tech weaponry. Obviously it doesn't work. And now I hear they're lowering their standards for recruitment because apparently the benefits which have barely been improved since WW2 aren't good enough to bring in more recruits (I think I remember hearing that the family gets 10k when a soldier dies which I believe is still the same as in WW2). No offense to Americans but arrogance tends to lead to some pretty shocking falls. 911 by most standards wasn't so bad. I mean 3000 dead isnt that bad but its the principle of it. Right?
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