First, He meant that BEFORE being critical of others one should clean up their own faults. He did NOT mean that if the other guys faults seemed bigger than your to ignore yours. I'm having to assume you're not Christian, as that's elemental.

Second, thinking that the US should take care of it's own citizens before harassing, and killing, other countries somehow in your mind has become hating one's country.

That's fanatic extremism at very best. At it's worst it's a lynch mentality, worthy of no one.

It's perspective. Some of us have seen the world through blogs, TV and movies. And think we know it all. In reality most of that is wrong.

And, it's true, some of us may have lived a bit more than others. We may well have seen sides of our own cultures some others haven't. We've seen other cultures, we've just done more. Not just longer, but more. Some may have had personal challenges which lead to more understanding and compassion. Nothing personal in all that, it's the way the dice were cast, the cards were played.

This country used to lead by example instead of trying to beat everyone to death. To you it's unpatriotic to want to return to those days.

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