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(40,372 posts) Sun Sep 1, 2013, 12:19 PM Sep 2013

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Look, We have zero credibility to be talking moral outrage [View all]

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What a joke to see the US on a moral high horse preaching to the world, when our war criminals play golf and enjoy their lives. The hypocrisy is so glaringly blatant. It's simply disgusting.

If we were willing to express the least amount of contrition, sorrow or regret for many our own deeds, acknowledgment that we sell more weapons on the world stage than another country, etc., just a small reality check, we might gain a modicum of credibility. Of course, admitting to anything, or apologizing for anything is red meat for the GOP, who jump at any chance to portray Obama as "weak" or "un-American" Should that be determining our behavior? Of course not.

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Look, We have zero credibility to be talking moral outrage [View all] G_j Sep 2013 OP

Most of the world agrees. polichick Sep 2013 #1

When you've been top nation for so long pscot Sep 2013 #2

It also goes hand in hand customerserviceguy Sep 2013 #16

Either before or since. RC Sep 2013 #23

In other words "What others think of me relates to whether I do the right thing or not" The Straight Story Sep 2013 #3

without showing an ounce of contrition or humility G_j Sep 2013 #5

first of all qazplm Sep 2013 #76

none of this speaks to credibility G_j Sep 2013 #77

Hypocrisy should always be of concern to progressives. MNBrewer Sep 2013 #6

Dropping American bombs and missiles on funerals, weddings and first responders, Maedhros Sep 2013 #12

+Graham's Number! whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #17

Aha ! dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #18

It's not a matter of what others think, but what it right. progressoid Sep 2013 #7

Interesting. enlightenment Sep 2013 #15

Er. Yah. That's pretty much the definition of how people make judgements of other people. sibelian Sep 2013 #41

The moral outrage is promoted by those that will make profits from war. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #4

True, but at least we got a new Secretary of Defense and other personnel. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #8

Look at him biting his finger trying to prove he's human and has blood SummerSnow Sep 2013 #51

Our Dailly Death By Guns otohara Sep 2013 #9

I wasn't specifically referring to that G_j Sep 2013 #11

Two wrongs don't make a right. gulliver Sep 2013 #10

The population of the US may have paid a price in some ways... go west young man Sep 2013 #47

So how exactly was the USA "punished" for the... tex-wyo-dem Sep 2013 #64

If your government...... Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #13

+1000 RC Sep 2013 #26

+100000 woo me with science Sep 2013 #28

+bazillion! MotherPetrie Sep 2013 #32

I'm with you. Jasana Sep 2013 #40

Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #63

Bingo! truebluegreen Sep 2013 #56

+1 nt arely staircase Sep 2013 #61

That is a simple fact................nt Enthusiast Sep 2013 #70

No one can argue with that. Period. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #72

Except for that little fact that oppressed peoples of the world still look to the US Dreamer Tatum Sep 2013 #14

Eh... half the time we're propping up their oppressors n/t whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #19

Amen. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2013 #25

Only half? Seems low. nt Jeff Murdoch Sep 2013 #66

I disagree! another_liberal Sep 2013 #50

No need to wonder why the gun culture exists ...when we are always at war. n/t L0oniX Sep 2013 #20

Spot on: so hypocritical as to be comic indepat Sep 2013 #21

We need a huge amount of low ranking people to claim their rights to oppose them. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2013 #54

Big brother will not tolerate the temerity of organized opposition to the establishment, indepat Sep 2013 #55

A large peaceful general strike will be very hard for the Govt. to control. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2013 #57

bump... nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #22

You have put your finger on the real sore spot 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #24

It should be the responsibility of the UN to seek a solution G_j Sep 2013 #37

We also refuse to sign the Land Mine Ban treaty, the US and 35 other countries cling to landmines Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #78

Well, the government has zero credibility. Deep13 Sep 2013 #27

really no less than any other industrilized nation state. and a lot more than many. nt arely staircase Sep 2013 #29

Hypocrisy!!! raindaddy Sep 2013 #30

K&R MotherPetrie Sep 2013 #31

There is probably an ulterior motive concerning money that is the real reason. Kablooie Sep 2013 #33

They weren't MY DEEDS pal ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2013 #34

sorry G_j Sep 2013 #39

+1 dionysus Sep 2013 #44

Guatemala 1961-1968, a la izquierda Sep 2013 #60

enough elected democrats have ALWAYS supported war..... tomp Sep 2013 #75

"If we were willing to express the least amount of contrition, sorrow or regret" Martin Eden Sep 2013 #35

Oh I agree DearAbby Sep 2013 #36

As I vaguely recall The Wizard Sep 2013 #38

Good point. Pepper spray is no joke. another_liberal Sep 2013 #49

I don't agree with calling police Gestapo but Nightjock Sep 2013 #53

Truth to power. 99Forever Sep 2013 #42

"But... but but but we STILL HAVE TO DO IT even though...! sibelian Sep 2013 #43

Why are we doing the dirty work for the Middle East/Arab League? jsr Sep 2013 #45

K&R forestpath Sep 2013 #46

Well said. another_liberal Sep 2013 #48

Rules for me Vs. rules for thee. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #52

Agreed gopiscrap Sep 2013 #58

K&R! Phlem Sep 2013 #59

get use to it...the only thing our economy has to sustain us is death.... ElsewheresDaughter Sep 2013 #62

Eric Margolis: Another Jolly Little War JohnyCanuck Sep 2013 #65

that was an excellent article Carolina Sep 2013 #82

Yeah, but the Russkies shouldn't be talking, either.....they're about the only ones................. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #67

Slavery, Wounded Knee, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, My Lai, Shock and Awe, Abu Ghraib.... LibDemAlways Sep 2013 #68

K&R DeSwiss Sep 2013 #69

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." -Oscar Wilde. randome Sep 2013 #71

Try this bit of Oscar Wilde on for size, if that's the game.... Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #79

Here's Adrienne Rich, another poet, on war and imgination... Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #81

"If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged." Tseko Sep 2013 #73

My point exactly . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #74

excellent point Vattel Sep 2013 #80

kick woo me with science Sep 2013 #83