re: #424 Naso Tang

My previous comment was very tongue in cheek, in case you missed that.

However the style of historical analysis that always blames the US, or the West, for the world’s ills does not impress me. Hindsight is easy.

The fact is that whatever mistakes were made in the past, to the extent that they could possibly have been recognized as serious mistakes at the time, do not change the simple fact that people afterwards have always had the choice to make the best of circumstances and advance to a better future; and by people here I mean the ones you suggest are the injured party.

No. That’s not exactly what I meant. The point isn’t that we are to blame for 100 percent of the problems we face. This is ignoring the other half of Americans who constantly believe that we’ve never done anything wrong. The point is that it’s a combined effort for the most part. Given our military, and monetary supremacy though it’s only natural that we have the advantage and ability to do more harm than good at times.