Re: You're missing a point
I didn't see any blame in MA's post. Historically she is completely accurate and there is no doubt that our policies have not always been successful.
Starving people are easier to control than well fed people. It is not hard to see that but it is difficult to find a solution. When the cultural values of a people are totally different, it is even more difficult.
My problem is not with those that point out our past errors. I am put off by the group that wants to demonize our country and lay all the problems of the world at our feet when then other side is conducting public executions and amputations in a soccer stadium, treating women like slaves and harboring a mass murderer.
It is a matter of focus.