Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty

American foreign policy is moronic. We've done greatly evil things for corporate profits. You know, just like every other country. Our nation at least has the ability to do the right things thru our democracy. That we've allowed the Republic aspects of our style of democracy to unsurp the Citizen's wishes is a crime of the American people.

However....
We saved the world from Nazis. We stymied Pax Soviet Union. We were the ingition that fired the end of Monarchies in Europe. We've kept the worse elements of world leaders in check. We've saved more lives and improved more lives than we've harmed.

We just need to do something we've never really done in our country's history: Abide by the ideals, much less the words, in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.