Responding to anti-Americanism in the Arab world
Cato Institute
by Leon Hadar
09/18/06
Many Americans -- reflecting the sense of American Exceptionalism -- assume that if they punish other nations, invade other people, and bomb other countries, well, that's something special. After all, we Americans are good people. Our intentions are benign. Our values are unique. It really hurts us when we have to do all that 'collateral damage' here and there. But, hey, unlike the Romans, the French, the Brits, the Germans, we mean well. In the real world nations use their diplomatic and military power -- their policies -- to advance their interests. And sometimes nations go to war. They punish other nations, invade other people and bomb other countries. And guess what? Those other nations tend to get angry...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6688
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Leon Hadar
09/18/06
Many Americans -- reflecting the sense of American Exceptionalism -- assume that if they punish other nations, invade other people, and bomb other countries, well, that's something special. After all, we Americans are good people. Our intentions are benign. Our values are unique. It really hurts us when we have to do all that 'collateral damage' here and there. But, hey, unlike the Romans, the French, the Brits, the Germans, we mean well. In the real world nations use their diplomatic and military power -- their policies -- to advance their interests. And sometimes nations go to war. They punish other nations, invade other people and bomb other countries. And guess what? Those other nations tend to get angry...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6688
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 19. Sep, 15:13
