[thechat] P.o.Ws - Thought this was interesting...

[Madhu Menon]

At 11:33 PM 1/28/2002, Martin mah man wrote:

>Didn't America make some claims to having *learned* how not to
>do things..?
>
> > :-)
>
>dat too

You speaking Ebonics now, Martin? :P

What's always pissed me off about US foreign policies, actions, and general
attitude is the "we're the greatest, we're the leaders of the free world,
we're saintly" attitude while at the same time doing what it bloody well
pleases.

I mean, to call oneself the "leader of the free world" (in those many
words) reeks of a superiority complex. No thanks, I don't *want* them as my
leader.

For example, take the India-Pakistan tension. One of our newspapers (The
Times of India, btw, is the largest selling English broadsheet newspaper in
the *world* - we poor 'Third World' Indians) had the headline "Bush urges
India to exercise restraint". And I said to myself, "these guys can go bomb
any damn part of the world without any 'restraint' (or even declaring a
formal war, for that mater), but *India* must exercise restraint? How's
that for double standards?"
(I'm not in favour of an India-Pakistan war, but it's the US attitude I'm
talking about.)

Regards,

Madhu

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