Reply #102: I think we have taught ourselves never to apologize. [View All]

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And from that, we never have learned to feel shame for our actions. We still believe in this idealized "mythos" of America - that we always are on the side of righteousness; that any war we fight is just. That we always are the "good confederates" that other nations can rely upon in times of need.

We see ourselves as the White Knight in the darkness of "Over There," always looking for a maiden to save.

But that is the ideal of America that clashes daily with the reality of America - the reality that is becoming more clear every day.