[FS]

Well, I've heard of a picture saying thousand words, but a single remark?

Pants, hold your horses. Though I'm not exactly waving my miniature American flag at the current state of affairs in your country, I'm not burning it either. I don't hate Americans as a whole, but I'm pretty sure I hate Bush and most of his administration.

All I'm saying is, maybe you need to let go of the fantastic myth that American soldiers spread joy and happiness wherever they go, which lights up their surroundings with a glow of warmth that lasts for centuries to come. "Collateral damage" is just a hip phrase for "sorry we bombed your hospital".

A while ago, I nearly got into a heated debate with Helm because he was reading into my remarks about Afghanistan wrongly. GRANTED, the removal of the Taliban has already done a lot of good over there, but half the battle is yet to come. Everyone's far too eager to forget about the Afghanis who are now walking through a country that was already outdated, and now crushed and mined on top of it. You can pat yourself on the back for the few pennies that people now fob at them, but I believe that taking the liberty of bombing them automatically demands you fix them up again. And no shit about the bombings on Afghanistan being nothing more than "sending a message" to the Taliban for harboring terrorists. We're supposed to be the civilized ones.

Lastly, I need to add that I'm not just bashing the US here. The UN and other such international organizations are still doing far too less on their own accord for my taste.