<o.t.> Hi Ramsey, maybe we [you and me] can agree on the unprofitability of being armchair critics. However, personally, I do not think I want to be sitting on the sideline totally either. To me, criticism can be either constructive or destructive, so it may not be a bad thing to work on common grounds. Yes, no one, and that includes the US, is perfect. Many mistakes. Some obvious and some not. Unfortunately, hintsight is 20/20. The swiss did little in WWII in the name of neutrality, so the retro-historians can equally accuse the nowaday fence sitters of having a do nothing attitude. Each may have to rely on each individual's conscience [ed note: I guess I'd consider conscience is distinct from dogma]
best, Bosco |