The last mass lynching happened in 1946, that's 62 years ago if you're counting, the point is we were the ones who solved our problems, the Canadian's didn't come down and take over Washington and tell us that we need to stop being such an evil regime. We don't need to do this in the middle east.
i bet the majority of Iranian's had pride in their country before the west started fucking around in the middle east, and i bet you the majority of Iranian's don't want the US to come in and tell them how to live.
Every country goes through a period of being morally corrupt, you may think that you're morally supreme to them -- you're not. It's a different culture, let them live as they will.
I suppose i should probably make a defense of this now before someone comes and tells me that i support genocide and what not. This is not true, if you adhere to my view, you wouldn't be playing chess with foreign regimes anyways. I know lord of war isn't a history book, but it's a good example, the majority of the weapons used in the genocides of today came from the super powers of yesterday. It was our mistake to let our culture to infect these regions.
Do i want to stop the genocides-- yes of course, do i think we should perpetuate playing games with foreign regimes so that we are content with how they are run -- yes. Are there going to be conflicts and contradictions that arise -- absolutely. IMO we've got to realize we've come to the point where our intervention is wrong, the UN and the rest of the world can help take care of the serious genocides (we can provide support through that means) but the majority of our efforts to fix the world are just biting us in the ass. It's time we turn the focus of our world policing in on our selves, and figure out how we can improve our situation, regain the moral high ground we held pre-WWII and have a country that is once again worthy of something such as the statue of liberty.
I'm sorry my harsh criticisms of the US sound unpatriotic to you, however, please don't say that i hate my country, i do not. In fact it's quite the opposite, i have such a love for my country that i wish it to be the best it can be. To stand up against the status quo and be able to recognize the faults of this land takes true patriotism.