Merrijo....you could not have said it better. I am trying to write a book....and may use some of your excellent mataphors. Right on! Good to see progressive, awake people out there that understand that seeing our countries past as big mistakes....and the fact we are letting history repeat itself, is not something to be proud of. I never realized this until becoming a parent, and seeing the world through an an innocent child's eyes. A child, sees things clealy with no righteousness, no predjucice, no hate

Hey Krikkit.....the difference is that America has not STOPPED doing terrible things to other nations. All the countries you cited have. They were brave enough and noble enough to stop fighting wars. There is nothing of vurtue with our wars, unless you believe in killing people. "War hero"? the biggest oxymoron in the world. Those of us that see our beautiful country where it is actually LOVE our country more than those of you that can't take a humble look. The USA ranks dead last in healthcare, slightly above Cuba a thrid world nation, where we once held the competivie edge in education, we are at best #19 and slipping. Major reason? $800 billion spent on useless wars, while the slice of pie for other areas dwindles down to nothing. If you really love your country, you would wake up and go against our aggressive foreign policy, maybe go out and do something about our increasing cancer causing pollution instead. The U.S. had surpassed China in pollution at one time, not far behind that country now. Time for some positive changes. Don't keep up with the American supremeacy act....it only hurts our nation more. Like an indivdual, we need to SEE our mistakes b4 we learn from them. God bless America.