Terrell Miller wrote:
Christopher M. Jones wrote:

That's a misrepresentation of what I said. And you'll note that
I specifically said that I prefer the US to hold to higher
standards than the rest of the world. What I meant was that I
don't value the opprobrium of "the world" as something the US
ought to be overly concerned about, as the correlation between
the ethics of "the world" and actual, true morality is rather
low (and sometimes even negative).

while I personally agree with you...please tell us what "actual, true
morality" is, Chris, and 'splain why that "actual, true morality" is any
more actual or more true than the "actual, true morality" as perceived
by people in the countries you are complaining about...

A complete explanation is unnecessary, all that needs to be
shown is that "the world" as a community entity lacks it.
Examples include: the "not quite officially genocide" in
Darfur; the "it's none of our business" genocide in North
Korea; the "slow down, there's genocide in the where with the
what now ... oh well, too late" in Rwanda; the "give Saddam
money for Benzes, palaces, and new weapons in exchange for
kickbacks under the guise of providing medicines and food for
the oppressed" oil-for-food program in Ba'athist Iraq; the "we
would do something about it but it's only Afghanistan" in
Afghanistan under the Taliban; the "every problem in the middle
east is always Israel's fault" history of resolutions in the UN
general assembly; the "terrorism only happens in the middle
east, so obviously the Tamil Tigers don't exist" in Sri Lanka;
the "despite their close ties to past and present terrorist
organizations we'll still give them hundreds of millions of
dollars and not take especial care to keep track of where it
goes" in the "Palestinian Authority"; the "give recognition to
communist China and not Taiwan because they're more powerful
and have a bigger economy" in the UN; the "unilateral military
actions are deplorable, even when they aren't unilateral,
except when done by France" in the Cote d'Ivoire; the "nothing
bad is being done by UN forces in the Congo so really, really
don't look there, really, honest" in the Congo; etc, etc, etc.