Reply #3: And the rest of the world hates us

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They'll think we got what we deserved.

Most of us wouldn't be any different. We better not expect them to be. We'll be disappointed. It doesn't even matter if it's true, it's all about perception. We've been painted as monsters in many ways. We're greedy, too stupid to learn another language but our own, poorly educated yet we think we deserve it all, violent and gun toting (though I believe in weapons, most of the world does NOT) and let's not forget the torture. And that pesky little war or two.

Friends? Hell, we're lucky no one's taking shots at us already. What are we going to do, complain to the UN? Threaten with our military, our weak already busy military? Heck, and that only works for overt acts of aggression, which we won't likely be lucky enough to see. Why bother, when we can be taken out so easily economically? And who will believe it isn't justified, after all we've done?

Seeing as how we are on here, we'd be pretty hot on the lousy Americans TOO, had we been born in China. Or just about anywhere else; it's the only reasonable thing to believe. That the US is card-carryin' nuts, it's leaders and apparently most of it's people. Certainly it's soldiers...and they're all volunteer. All willing participants. All very much "with" the program. They don't even have to lie about it, it's not a propoganda war. The truth works in their favor, anyone that wants to discredit the United States. They don't have to exagerate a dog damned thing. THAT sucks. The truth.

We'd hate us too. But this isn't likely a revelation here. Sorry I rant so much.

What I haven't decided yet is if this was part of the plan. Remove access to foreign resources, separate us from our friends, like an abusive spouse? No idea. Not even sure I want to know.