Chief Bones
Forums Grumpy Old Man
There was a gentleman from overseas (Middle East I believe - can't remember the name), who said the following (paraphrasing now):
'When America stops doing the things which they stand for before the world ... they will stop being America and will lose the support of other nations'.
His statement was and is very prophetic ... have we (or) have we not resorted to practices that would be against the law within our own country? Have we (or) have we not carried out actions which are against the Geneva Convention and have we not twisted our reasoning in such a way as to pervert those constants that we have adhered to in every war we have fought since their implementation?
It seems to me that we have reached the stage that we are stuck in the "definition of is" form of world foreign policy. GW, his administration and many Americans have scrambled to defend the indefensible and have lost that something which is America. They have twisted and perverted what it means to be American, and have stopped doing the things which identified us as America before the world.
Is it any wonder that America's reputation before the world has taken such a beating in the last few years?
'When America stops doing the things which they stand for before the world ... they will stop being America and will lose the support of other nations'.
His statement was and is very prophetic ... have we (or) have we not resorted to practices that would be against the law within our own country? Have we (or) have we not carried out actions which are against the Geneva Convention and have we not twisted our reasoning in such a way as to pervert those constants that we have adhered to in every war we have fought since their implementation?
It seems to me that we have reached the stage that we are stuck in the "definition of is" form of world foreign policy. GW, his administration and many Americans have scrambled to defend the indefensible and have lost that something which is America. They have twisted and perverted what it means to be American, and have stopped doing the things which identified us as America before the world.
Is it any wonder that America's reputation before the world has taken such a beating in the last few years?