Skybird, as much as I share your anger and disgust at the current US, a lot of it's politics and it's unbelieveable ignorance to the rest of the world, the reason for this anger is anchored in my respect for this country. If it were Russia, Iran, China or any other country we'd be talking about here, whose agendas and conditions are much worse, I do not feel the same energy towars these as the US. I suppose these emotions stem from simply expecting something better of it, an afterglow of what it once stood for, liberty, freedom, human rights and optimism in face of even the harshest crisis, born out of it's legacy. Even if that is no more, it's kind of a love/hate relationship out of hopes that the light is still there somewhere. Think Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader if you want for an emotional comparison. Obama gave that back to a degree, but what comes has to be seen.
Churchill once said "count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else".
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