The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by US troops

Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by FridayoLeary on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:27PM (#29500278)

The US owes most of it's economy, assets, innovations and global respect due to it's military, starting from the world wars. Worship of the military is entirely expected, and i might say it works out largely to the advantage of the country as a whole. Remember the US has little history on which to build a culture.

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Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by the-dude on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:38PM (#29500416)

We have a similar case in The Netherlands ( a military whistleblower ), but I have given up on trying to combat this American Exceptionalism.

I do wonder why so many really want it to be an American thing.

It is not.

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Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by rhizome on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:31PM (#29501079)

But it does have history that we can use: what are its consistencies over the past couple centuries? Genocides and decimations and coups of democratically-elected leaders. Stealing technology and basically every other transgression the US accuses of China. The nearly ritualistic abuse and/or murder of nonwhite residents (and otherwise) with regularity.

What achievements justify the crimes it commits? For how long can it claim youth as an excuse?

Ah, but the US also produces "The Bachelorette," and McDonald's, so it's really a wash.

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Re:The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who expos... by ethbr0 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @10:00PM (#29505961)

You just described pretty much all of Europe, except for Switzerland, which just banked for the others.

Being a nation that acts on the world stage is a messy and fraught business.

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