The delusional American

Defense chief rebukes Putin's tough talk

Read the above article. One paragraph that particularly ires me is this:

Gates also said that prisoner abuse scandals in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other mistakes have damaged America's reputation. It will take work, he said, to prove that the U.S. still is a force for good in the world.

While he did not mention the war in Iraq, Gates told officials at the security conference that Washington must do a better job of explaining its policies and actions.

For the past century, he said, most people believed that "while we might from time to time do something stupid, that we were a force for good in the world."

Many continue to believe that, Gates said. But, he added, "I think we also have made some mistakes and have not presented our case as well as we might in many instances. I think we have to work on that."


Mr Gates, why not start by dismantling the US arsenal of nuclear weapons? At risk of being called anti-american, I would venture that the US has not been a force of good in the world since WWI. I do not deny that there are good Americans, but they are not good nor strong enough to see through and stop their criminal government.

In any case, one very simple fact: It is hard for ANYONE (sane, of course) to believe a country is a force of good in the world when her military budget is equivalent to the rest of the world combine.