tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post112544671416821942..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Just in case you're bored and need something to read.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1125494754351198522005-08-31T09:25:00.000-04:002005-08-31T09:25:00.000-04:00Well, there are a lot of perspectives out there. ...Well, there are a lot of perspectives out there. I have to admit, though, that stuff like this kind of depresses me. It's almost as though the United States threw off this magic aura that blinded people to its faults and misdeeds. Things that those same people would find monstrous and insufferable if committed by other lands become excusable, even praiseworthy, if committed under the auspices of Old Glory and the Declaration of Independence. I can't help wondering if Alex and people like him would be anywhere near as quick to praise and support a war of liberating the Iraqi people from Saddam (as if that were the intention at its outset) that was costing hundreds of thousands of innocent lives if it were the project of the People's Republic of China instead of the United States of America, all other things being equal. Somehow, I doubt it; and that's the telling point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com