[therut]

Funny. I had this discussion with another physician partner of mine just yesterday. He said we made a mistake in invading Iraq and he did not support the war. I told him I did and I did not know if we made a mistake or not and only time will tell and I do support the war. He said but everyone in the world hate us. I said they do not and how do you know that. I said the left hates us and the left is in Europe and alot of the world. It is the left that hates us no matter what. He looked at me like he did not know what the Left was. I told him to not believe what he sees and hears on TV at face value truth. He said he did not but I know he probably does. How eles would he have got the idea that the whole WORLD hate us NOW. Good grief. Propaganda works.

[goldstategop]

My take on it is that America is a country that has managed to preserve its freedom and limited form of government against great odds for two centuries. The idea of American liberalism historically has been to fight against the expansion of the state and to maximize individual freedom. Its modern collectivist form is an import from Europe and is alien to the received understanding of American political culture. American conservatives are really old line American liberals. We are the true liberals because we understand liberalism is really about expanding and maintaining our God-given human freedom rather than looking to the state to solve all our problems. That is American Exceptionalism writ large. The European Left cannot understand why Americans do not see government as a source of happiness and so they hate America for not joining the worldwide trend to make the state the sum of all things.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus