enigmatikmike: "Take the Iraq war. It's irrelevant whether the war was justified or not in the first place. What really irritates me is that your political leaders didn't even bother to plan it properly in the first place. As a result young American men and women are dying for a botched cause, in a botched war. And you let them. Just because your political leaders say so."

Actually, the war against Iraq was very well planned. We took Iraq down in a matter of weeks. If you want to see a poorly planned war, take a look at the Iran-Iraq war. It dragged on for ten years with a million casualties without a clear result.

The war went just as we had planned in the Kurdish north of Iraq, not quite so much in the Shiite south, and not so good in the Sunni center. However, even in the Sunni Triangle, the insurgents are taking a beating.

Stopping Saddam from killing his own people, threatening his neighbors, and supporting terrorism is hardly a botched cause. It is a necessary and just cause. We're not in Iraq just on the whim of our political leaders but because we the people support the war as a necessary thing.

We should be praised for taking on a difficult task that needed doing for the common good, not the idle carping of European do-nothings.

enigmatikmike: "Or take the fact that as the world's most industrialised nation you should be the ones tearing down barriers to scientific research, and yet there you are denouncing science in the name of God, just because your religious leaders say so. In the name of God? Since when have we slipped back into the Middle Ages? Over 40% of your people claim not to believe in evolution. How can one not believe in a law of nature? I can deny the existence of gravity but I'll still fall down if I jump off a cliff. It is quite ironic to battle religious extremism on one end of the globe while fostering your own version at home."

America remains the leader in scientific research despite your absurd argument that we are not. We lead in scientific research because of our devotion to freedom of speech. Part of freedom of speech is allowing people to hold wacky opinions at odds with the mainstream. Every now and then, those wacky ideas turn out to be right. Your idea that everyone should hold one "correct" view is why Malta does not lead the world in scientific progress.

It ridiculous to equate the Christian fundamentalists of America to the Islamic radicals of the Middle East. Surely, the news has reached Malta that Islamic radicals are engaged in a worldwide war of terror that includes slamming jets into skyscrapers, train bombings, school shootings, beheadings, snuff videos, suicide bombings, etc. The worst offense of American Christian fundamentalists, by contrast, is to bore people to death. The difference between them is vast. Equating them is sophomoric nonsense.

enigmatikmike: "It is quite sad that being anti-American is cool. It is quite unfitting that young Europeans should choose to associate themselves with Communism just to spite America (because if they knew what Communism really stood for they wouldn't embrace it so lovingly). Yet it doesn't make sense to ignore your natural allies and go it alone. You may have all the power, but Europe has the experience."

Europe has learned the wrong lessons from its experience and lacks the will to defend itself. We can't wait for the Europeans to stir themselves to action when the world is on fire. Europe could not summon the will to shut down the death camps in the Balkans, its own back yard. They needed America to lead them to do the right thing.

enigmatikmike: "You are in your early adulthood. Physically powerful, and full of testosterone, you consider your weaker elders to be just cowards who are fit for nothing. Yet that is the mistake a lot of young adults make, and come to regret later on. In a world where your enemies are increasing, it would make more sense to consult more with your true friends."

This is a bogus analogy. Europeans are not our elders nor do they possess some accumulated wisdom. If anything, Europe has served as a generator of some of the worst ideas in human history: Communism, Socialism, Nazism. Europe does not serve as an inspiration of what to do but as a warning of what not to do. For example, nations should not be based on tribes and territory, like Europe, but on ideas of human liberty, like America.

As far as friends go, we have been far better friends to Europe than Europe has been to us. My two great uncles fought in WWII to liberate Europe, both of them cheating death by a whisker. What has your family done for America? What has America earned by fighting for your freedom, financing your prosperity with the Marshall Plan, and allowing you to create unsustainable welfare states by taking up the burden of your defense? What we have gotten in return is ingratitude, contempt, and slander. Some friends. It's almost better to have real enemies than false friends like the Europeans.

enigmatikmike: "And even accept criticism with a smile once in a while."

To be an American is to be subject to a torrent of abuse by smug and ignorant Euro-weenies. Your arrogant demand that we take your abuse with a smile is beneath contempt. When you slander America out of ignorance, you can expect a smackdown. Take that with a smile.  

tantor: Actually, the war against Iraq was very well planned. We took Iraq down in a matter of weeks. If you want to see a poorly planned war, take a look at the Iran-Iraq war.

Funny, I thought you were going to mention the US occupation of Iraq as an example of a poorly planned war. I don't query the fact that the US invasion was a spectacular success (I never expected otherwise). Yet the peace-keeping aspect of it (that is, AFTER the actual war) is a hopeless disaster.

tantor:We should be praised for taking on a difficult task that needed doing for the common good, not the idle carping of European do-nothings.That is quite a subjective opinion. Research from various US think-tanks shows that the world is less safe now than when Saddam was allowed to torture his own people.

tantor: The worst offense of American Christian fundamentalists, by contrast, is to bore people to death.

Holding back research in the world's leader in scientific research is an even worse offense you seem to forget.

tantor: Your idea that everyone should hold one "correct" view is why Malta does not lead the world in scientific progress.

That, and just maybe the fact that we are an insignificant rock floating in the Mediterranean Sea and not the world's only hyperpower. ;p

tantor: Europe has learned the wrong lessons from its experience.

Vietnam. Had you taken the experience of the French you would never have entered into that cul-de-sac. Yet the French are cheese eating surrender monkeys, right? What possible knowledge could be gained from them?

Algeria. Once again the French. Winning over Arabs using brute power will not work out in the long term. The Arabs have a fiery temper and long memories. Should sound hauntingly familiar to American soldiers in Iraq.

Afghanistan. The British AND the Russians. Ok, so you had to invade - you really had no choice here. Yet the experience of Russian troops in the mountainous areas should have forewarned you of what was to come.

Or does America forget that Europeans have been engaging in wars world-wide since before America even existed?

tantor: For example, nations should not be based on tribes and territory, like Europe, but on ideas of human liberty, like America.

To summarise Europe as based on tribes and territory is a very very lax misinterpretation of thousands of years of history.

tantor: We can't wait for the Europeans to stir themselves to action when the world is on fire.

And yet you forget that it was America who chickened out of the Suez war, and whose meddling cost a great deal to both Britain and France. Had they succeeded in wresting control of the canal from Nasser we would maybe have a more favourable balance of power in the Middle East.

tantor: It's almost better to have real enemies than false friends like the Europeans.

Even your blinkered White House has realised that Unilateralism will not get America anywhere but to a bloody stalemate.

tantor: When you slander America out of ignorance, you can expect a smackdown. Take that with a smile.

And you seriously believe that?  

Tantor just sits here all day and writes lies. The republican party should be paying him.  

Some excellent points, but (in my view) wrong conclusions. Take research... Yes, the US does not spend on certain things that it should like stem-cell research. It still has most Nobel prize winners, the best universities, discovers most new drugs... Take any scientific area and guess who is in the lead?

True, there is a civil war in Iraq and it's a terrible mess. Is America to blame though? Don't you think the responsibility is with shiite and sunni terrorists who murder innocent people? Sure, US politicians did not plan for that properly and for that they can be blamed. However the US is doing its best to help even sacrificing its own soldiers to help Iraqis rather than sitting on the sidelines and enjoying the US problems like some.

The 40% anti-evolution number is just wrong. Perhaps you should visit the States.  

I never said the US is not the leader in scientific R&D. Good for you. However, any impediment of research for purely faith-based reasons can in no way be justified. It's all potential scientific advancement thrown down the drain for no good reason.

There's a difference in staying the course because you know that this will yield results, and staying the course because you can't admit you were wrong in the first place.

The 40% number is taken from serious scientific research.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html
with detailed results on
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html  

Tens of thousands of Americans will be marching through cities across the country tomorrow to protest the war. Approval ratings for the war are below 50%, I beleive. So although there are some who buy into the right-wing propaganda, the majority of us don't support the war, and are trying not to let Bush send more men and women to die.

There are also thousands of soldiers who've gone AWOL, and many who've turned themselves in to face prison rather than fight a war they beleive unjust. Their experiences on the ground would seem to indicate that the US has played a significant role in the violence there. Sunnis and Shias have lived peacefully in Iraq for thousands of years - and yet the US has no responsibility for the conflict that didn't start until after the occupation? That's simply illogical.

The Christian fundamentalists are a minority, enigmatikmike, albeit a dangerous one with political clout and a desire to limit personal freedoms. But they aren't America. Yet.  

enigmatikmike,

Actualy, stem cell research is not impediment nor any other research.
Government merely says (and I believe it is wrong) that it is not going to finance it. However, you can always use private capital.

As to being young.
You are right, US is young as country. But. It has encapsulated experience from all over the World. It has all the caltures you can imagine. So, is US realy that inexperienced?

Yes, it is sad that being anti-American is cool. But fear non. It is just a trend, which will pass soon enough. We'll wait.

Are you sure about that?  

Finally, a Canadian without an anti-American attitude! Feel free to come on in and do Disneyland and Vegas! Glad to have ya! Come back any time!  

I too concur with shlemazl from canada, it's time to stop slagging America. I just read a Globe and Mail article about "globocop" and wonder also what the world would be like with out the US. The thought of any other nation having that role scares the beejesus out of me...ciao  

Rositta, if you were born and had been living in Syria, you would not feel safer that America has taken it upon itself to bomb peaceful nations in order to install its own vision of government.

It's very easy to be on this side of things and be thankful that thousands of people are dying so that you can feel entitled to have an iPod.  

How safe would you be living in Syria even if America never existed?  

Mo,

Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq were peaceful countries by any measure. It's also quite ridiculous for Syria to complain about anyone installing its own vision of government when Syria has installed an informer state in Lebanon and casually assassinates Lebanese leaders. America's vision of individual liberty is far superior than Syrian oppression.  

The US has been infiltrating and casually assassinating people all over the world for decades. Or didn't you notice?  

No, I haven't. Probably I haven't heard about it because I have not visited the lunatic asylum lately to hear your American conspiracy theories.

Of course, you fail to mention the Mexican policies toward central American immigrants. People in your south are shot for being "suspected" Hondurans or Guatamalans.  

Alba,

Your characterizations of America are understandable given the marketing campaign that Americans use to sell goods. There are actually very few of us who are a "big blonde burger eating American". As far as the fence, it is necessary - we have an immigration policy. We have a way to immigrate into our country. It was abused by so many of your compatriots that our immigration policy is nothing more than catching air with a net. There is a way to come here. And we don't deny anyone that method. "Illegal" is a key word when any discussion of the fence is done.
Democracy are easy to compromise. It takes work and effort to lead us down a road that's central to the core beliefs - and I think they are shared by you and all free people. Extremes are a part of democracy - sometimes painfully. The world today is one of extremes. It is time we began putting our house in order and staying on that middle road. We aren't afraid of anything - but some here will be liquid in the face of those very extremes we try to moderate. So our foreign policy doesn't look so good all the time. But its purpose is to help our survival with other nations - and democracies. You don't see too many democracies at war with each other.
Good luck to you.  

"when faced with a white piece of paper and a blank cheque (yes, with a que)..."

You're Mexican. What the hell do you care how American spellings differ from English? At this point we can all see you are clearly not interested in diplomacy and "understanding eachother".

You say you're on the losing side of a "wall"...you mean MEXICO. Are you suggesting the United States should not secure its borders and people? Would you suggest that Mexico stop enforcing ITS borders?

I had to stop reading at this point. Waste of my time.  

jen, alba's letter was actually not that bad, considering the kind of letter it is.

Alba, the wall on the border is a sign of the Mexican government failing its people. I heard 10% of the Mexican population lives in the US. Entire towns are empty of men aged 18-45 because they've all left to the "other side". That's crazy!

The Mexican government isn't doing anything to stop the problem of Mexicans fleeing Mexico as they appear to be addicted to the remittances Mexican workers send home, & each person who isn't in Mexico is a person who can't complain to the government to demand change.

As for the wall, if the US treated Mexican migrants on our southern border the way Mexico treats migrants on Mexico's southern border, there would be riots in the streets & rightfully so.
It's like Mexico demands more rights than Mexico gives to others, which is something to think about next time somebody uses the wall as propoganda to make you have a negative opinion about the US.

To be honest, it's a complex issue & no 1 blog post is gonna sum it up, so I'll leave it at that.

Well, good luck in your studies & do come & visit some time! I know I look forward to my next trip to Mexico :D  

Alba,

I invite you to sit back and review your criticism, which is that you hate America partly because we're building a wall that keeps you out. That's like complaining to a restaurant that their food was lousy and there wasn't enough of it. Ten percent of Mexicans live in the US. What those Mexicans are doing is voting with their feet for a better country than they were born in.

Here in America, an honest man can make a decent living, unlike Mexico. The police are honest, unlike Mexico, and you get a fair deal in the courts, unlike Mexico. Most of all, America knows how to get out of people's way when they create businesses that create wealth. Mexico is clueless, imposing obstacles for little guys to create businesses so that the fat cats can rip you off and keep you down.

You complain about American policies, but those very policies are to turn a blind eye to all the illegal Mexican immigrants in this country who keep Mexico's nose about water with their remittances. You'd be in real trouble if your northern neighbor was Iraq or China or the Soviet Union, wouldn't you?

You should be thankful you have America for a neighbor to provide an escape from your broken and corrupt country. Think how bad it would get if Mexicans were stuck in Mexico with no hope for their future.  

Yes well, no one is perfect. But when the shit hits the fan, it's always America who is asked to come to the rescue isn't it? I for one am glad they are our neighbour, I'd rather have them than just about anyone else on earth...ciao  

Ok, I will address each one of you guys separately, since I honestly thought this was going to be another type of critique:

Mr. Smarterthanyou:
Well, I know my country is not doing a lot of things right, regarding immigrants, economy, environment, yes, I am aware of that, but as far as I know this was a letter to America. If you want to know my views on my country's problems, I will gladly share them with you.

Mad conductor:
a)If you read my post carefully, I actually said that there is a stereotype of the big blonde burger eating American, in no way meant to say that all Americans are that.
b) While I understand the point of view about the wall, I believe it is not a solution in absolute terms because people will still migrate. I believe as well that border enforcement cannot really be treated as a joint issue, you have the right to keep whomever you want out of your country. I am not in favour of a wall because of misunderstood nationalism, I am against the wall because it is costing you a lot of money and the flux of immigrants is not stopping. So perhaps things could be done without a wall that will do nothing, and could be dealt with in a more effective way. On a side note, it takes a person who legally wants to go to the States about 6 months to get a visa, and you need a very good reason to get it. Sometimes, even if you have a reason, it won't work.
c) I said I admire your country, because you manage to make your foreign policy work to your advantage most of the time. I even say we should all learn from you!  

Jen:
"At this point we can all see you are clearly not interested in diplomacy and "understanding each other". I care about spelling because I believe to understand your culture I have to understand your language.
b) I am on the losing side of a wall. Again, I am not suggesting you shouldn't secure your borders, I am just saying you could find better ways to do it.
c) if you HAD read past that point, you would have seen that I actually said I admired your country, because I do. Not everything that you do, and not in absolute terms, but I believe that you guys have done a good job of developing a country into a superpower, which nobody else is capable to do.

Tantor and Rositta:
Again, I wasn't trying to bash America. I know my country has a lot of problems, and I know people migrate to get away from them, which is imposing a burden on Americans that you shouldn't carry. I am aware of all of those things. Like I said, if you want to discuss my country's problems with me, I will gladly do so!
But I also say that sometimes while your policies make you work internally, they do not work towards the other country. I did not complain about American policies to the extent that I said they work for you, and that is what makes your foreign policy good.

If you take a look at the realist theory, it is a world of power and powerless. Mexico falls in the latter category, and I did say that we have taken advantage of you at some points in history (the oil nationalization, for example). But your country is powerful, and the measures your governments take go towards making it more powerful. Sometimes this hurts other countries, yes, and sometimes these same countries will come back and ask for help, granted. But the fact that you still hold on to your superpower status means that your country has a foreign policy that works for you!

I thought my post would be understood not as just saying that America was wrong, and it was hurting my poor defenceless country, because I do not think so. I apologize if it was misunderstood, but I thought it was clear enough. I believe there is a lot other countries can learn from you.

Alba  

We (America) seem to be caught in a vicious cycle when it comes to immigration, especially along our southern border. Simply put, the system is broken. America's greatness stems largely from it's history as a melting pot of immigrants. Yet we now have an immigration policy that severely limits and hinders people from coming in and filling these jobs and contributing to our economy in the name of "job preservation" (for many, a cover for the type of racism that the Irish, Jews, and Chinese have experienced in the past). There is clearly a demand for the type of work that immigrants are able and willing to do...so much so that employers are even willing to break the law to hire these people. This protectionist attitude only exasperates the problem by causing those who are going to come fill those jobs one way or another to do so illegally. This will, in turn, lead to even more resentment and protectionist policies toward immigrants. While all of this is going on, the business community continues their practice of hiring under the table, thereby depressing wages and working conditions.

If we don't want to lose our place as a global powerhouse of great ideas and economic prosperity, we need to return to our roots and become a country that welcomes an inflow of ideas, culture, and (legal) labor.  

I understand why so many of your people come to our country. Obviously, most are just looking for work. On the other hand, when it comes to illegal immigration, American citizens have to bear a tremendous burden in the way of increased crime, gang activity, drug dealing, drunk driving accidents, crowded emergency rooms, dealing with students that cannot speak English, dealing with Mexican-American students who generally perform poorly in school, and economic competition from illegal laborers.

I recommend looking for articles at these sites that will explain why many Americans are concerned about the effects of illegal immigration from Mexico on their society:

http://www.parapundit.com/
http://www.vdare.com/
http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/

This is one article you may wish to start with:

http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002109.html

Good luck.  

Thank you for your honest relation of your genuine thoughts. I appreciate this very much.  

arThanks Dylan!

Oh, incidentally, I could recommend some books on the subject of America as an empire (not my thesis, not my words, lest I am misunderstood).

Niall Ferguson's Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire, (Allen Lane, 2004. ISBN 0-7139-9770-2)

Jorge I. Dominguez (Harvard) and Rafael Fernandez de Castro's Mexico and the United States, between conflict and cooperation, Routledge, 2001.

The second one is mostly about the relation between Mexico and the United States, short, and concise--and it does show how the wall is not a new thing, there have been measures like that since the late 1980's, none of them have worked. It is not that wanting to keep people out is wrong, it is the way you are doing it that just drives people to try other places to cross, so the measure is pretty pointless after a couple of days. It just leads to more human trafficking. Again, all I am saying is that you could find more (cost) efficient ways to do it.

Alba  

Alba,

I will not tell you much.

Just check this out.

http://www.artcamp.com.mx/venga/  

Alba,

Interesting, refreshing and a very well thought out point of view, in consideration of most knee-jerk reactions when the topic of the U.S.A. comes up. Your opinion's deserve more thoughtful contemplation than you otherwise might think!  

The answer is actually quite simple. The choices for election left us with no other options. What the government of America condones and what the people think are often times two different things.

As a large group, we are not sure what is going on or why, and the individuals who know this is an outright travesty constitute the minority voice and are seldom heard - and in the case where we try to explain this massive wrongdoing to the rest of our country we get ostracized for the attempt, regardless of how much proof there is to support us.

As odd and illogical as this seems, the rest of the world knows there is something horribly wrong going on in America, and there are a handful of American citizens who know this too - but the majority exhibit cattle like behavior which plays into the hands of our ill-conceived government.

In our hearts we still believe in democracy and freedom... but I think mob mentality has deluded the majority into allowing such atrocities to continue while they are easily distracted with our media. I'm going with the Orwellian 1984 scenario... and I hate to say this but Americans in general are simply too ignorant or apathetic to care or do anything about it.

And while there is no excuse for ignorance and apathy, I would like to inform the world that regardless, there are those of us who are trying desperately to talk some reason in the rest of our country... as ill-fated as our attempts may be, at least if this ends horribly, we can die knowing we tried.  

Oh yes, blame Zionism for everything, blame it for your crappy life in your crappy country, for your lack of education, freedom, human rights.

Palestinians act like animals. Don't blame the jews for acting against them, blame yourself and your religion and your gov't for holding muslim people down, and for blaming all their problems on the tiny % of people in the world that are jewish.  

The Jews are the biggest scapegoat in the world... geez  

Its America's fault Hamas and Fatah fight like scorpions in a bottle or that Arafat rejected a deal where he got everything he asked for.

Right.  

Dear Jerk,
There are NO Jewish suicide bombers only Arab/Muslim, Sunni/Shite ones.
Israel only wants peace, its neighbors only wanted war, but when Egypt got its ass kicked around enough it sured for peace.  

I'm so sick & tired of the typical propaganda view of Isreal & the "Jewish Lobby" from people in the Middle East, a region where vile race hate propaganda books like Mein Kampf & the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are still popular books you can find almost anywhere.

Unwash your brains! Cheers!  

Cal: "This peace loving America is primarily responsible for the continuation of the suppression and dehumanization of the Palestinian people by the Zionist State of Israel for many decades."

The Palestinian people are responsible for their own wretched fate. They prefer to hate than build a future. When Palestinians hail mothers who send their sons off on futile suicide bombings, then they have sunk to such a depraved level that they are not recognizably human.

And its the depth of hypocrisy when Muslims like you talk nonsense about suppressing the Palestinians when your object is to perpetrate a second Holocaust in Israel.

Cal: "This same freedom loving America condones and supports the construction of the apartheid wall that is effectively caging Palestinians into enclaves and ghettos of poverty."

The Palestinians live in poverty because their leaders steal the millions in dollars of aid meant for them and because the Palestinians lack the business smarts of the Israelis. If the Palestinians did not have a policy of terror in their relations with Israel, there would be no wall to keep Palestinian murderers out.

Cal: "This democratic America is supporting a Shiite Government in Iraq which is systematically religiously cleansing Baghdad of its Sunni population. A genocide of the Sunnis in Iraq is going on with the Secular America supporting a Shiite religious sect against the Sunnis."

Pure nonsense. Muslims naturally kill each other, Shia versus Sunni, because they profess a violent and barbarous faith. You Muslims don't give a damn about Muslims killing each other. That's why there wasn't a peep out of you when Saddam was mass-murdering Shia.

Cal: "9/11 was a crime condemned by most Muslims and Arabs, ..."

No, it wasn't. Muslims celebrated it. Imams endorsed it. Such terror attacks are Islamic doctrine. To this day, most Muslims claim Arabs never committed the crime because Islam is a religion of liars.

Cal: "...but the American Administration with the support of the US Congress chose to start wars against Muslim Nations instead of developing stronger ties with Muslim States to fight terrorism together."

Most Muslim nations support the terrorists. So do their mosques. Islam supports such bloodletting to conquer the world for Allah.

Cal: "The problem with America is that it has allowed a Jewish Lobby to dominate its foreign policy. I do not believe that the US foreign policy is in any way a reflection of the will of the American people as a whole. US Foreign policy in the Middle East is the foreign policy of Israel."

You are an ignorant and bigoted Muslim who blames everything in the world on the Jews. Your Neanderthal religious prejudices renders you contemptible and backward in American eyes. Abandon your Stone Age hatreds.

Cal: "America is a Nation that is driven by money. The primary interest America cares about, as a people and Government, is money."

America is not making any money on Iraq, genius. Nobody makes a profit on a war. Nor do we make any money when we send aid to Iran when an earthquake flattens a town or Pakistan for the same or when a tsunami hits Indonesia. When tragedy strikes anywhere in the world, it's American helicopters flying first onto the scene carry doctors, medicine, and food. Not Omanis.

If all we cared about was money, we would not have allowed Saudi to keep the profits from the oil we found under their feet. How can you be alive in Oman and not know that America delivered Saudi Arabia into the lap of luxury? Do you ever stop and think about the stupid ideas you spout?

Cal: "And that is the main reason 9/11 was tied to Iraq.... Iraq has oil which provides the energy that fuels the US economy."

The Sep 11 attacks are tied to Iraq because the skyjackers met Iraqi agents in Prague and Kuala Lumpur.

We're not getting any oil from Iraq, which is barely exporting any. It's infrastructure is too decrepit from negligence under Saddam and from sabotage.

If you ever read the papers, you'd find that Iraq, at the prodding of the US, is establishing a law that gives the Iraqi people ownership of the oil industry. That means individual Iraqis will get a check for their share of oil profits. Has Oman done that?  

Cal,

I believe you're only getting one side of the story. Let me just point out that the "Apartheid" State of Israel in fact has over a million Arab citizens who enjoy the same rights as every other citizen. The wall to which you object became necessary because of the Palestinians' campaign of violence against Israeli civilians. And the policies of the American government, by and large, represent the will of the American people. Free people in a liberal secular democracy have a tendency to support other free people trying to live in a liberal secular democracy.

Peace.  

This peace loving America is primarily responsible for the continuation of the suppression and dehumanization of the Palestinian people by the Zionist State of Israel for many decades.

I'm afraid not. The only people to blame for the Palestinians' condition today are the Palestinians themselves. When they demonstrate a willingness to negotiate in good faith and renounce terrorism, they can expect more support from the United States. Until then, they should expect very little.

Israel is a westernized, democratic nation much like the nations of Europe. When you ask us to favor the terroristic Palestinians, a people who have contributed little to civilization (other than possible improvements in the way of suicide bombings) and who cannot help but kill even each other in ridiculous feuding, over the civilized and productive Israelis, you cannot expect too much sympathy from the United States.

At the end of the day, there is no compelling reason for the United States to support the creation of yet another unproductive, terroristic , autocratic, and underhanded Arab regime in the Middle East.  

ha ha Cal, you're getting your ass handed to you here. Guess you got nothing to come back with.  

A genocide of the Sunnis in Iraq is going on with the Secular America supporting a Shiite religious sect against the Sunnis.

A secular America Cal? That statement alone is enough to disqualify anything of value you may have to say.

It's so far from reality to be comical.