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Originally posted by Joeaksa
I just get tired of so many people who do not live in America ranting and raving about how bad it is, how we are the worst country in the world and such. Also, why are so many people dying every day trying to get into such a terrible country?
Joe
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Joe:
I think America is probably one of the very finest countries on this earth. Perhaps the very finest.
That said, the current administration is apalling. Some of my friends think they are merely incompetent. I think they are war criminals, and should be put on trial.
That is the range of views with which I am familiar. I don't know many people whose views of your current administration fall outside of this range. And THAT is what us non-Americans find upsetting.
It is important to draw a distinction between the country and the people on the one hand, and the administration on the other.
I think it is a sorry thing that Americans have become so complacent, so highly medicated, so brainwashed by CNN, Fox and USA Today - that they don't storm Washington and string the current administration up by their toes. In another era this would surely have happened.