OK, fine. You win. It's not important for Americans, either at home or abroad, either civilian or military, to behave like the people we expect the world to be.
We make the rules, and when they get in the way, we break the rules that are inconvenient for us. And then we have the nerve to be outraged when the rest of the world tells us to go fuck oursleves, because stroking our own egos is what we're best at anyway.
Lead by example? Why would we ever want to do such a thing, when it's soooo much more convenient to pound people into the ground?
Yes, indeed, it's just like a children's story. People get eaten alive in those too.
Learn to spell. My name would be nice.