JIHADTHIS
Active Member
Burt Shiva: I stopped considering myself an American
05/25/2004 01:31
Dear Editor,
I have been enjoying your excellent critiques of the current US
administration, including those by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey.
I also wanted to clarify a point that the world might misunderstand during this time when the U.S. is the most revolting and hated government in world history; not everyone who lives in America, or was born in America, considers themselves an American, myself included.
Many say that although they disagree with the current criminal Bush administration, and the evil perpetuated by them, they still believe in the principles of America. If we only get these crooks out of office, they say, things would get back to normal, and America could once again become the great nation it was, regaining her lost former glory.
I disagree, for one very simple reason: America never had a former glory. If you look carefully and objectively at history, America was a bad idea from its very inception. It started off wrong, and it only got worse.
Indeed, people often ask me angrily if I ever liked America, at least in her Golden Age. I ask them when this Golden Age supposedly occurred:
The rest of his tale:
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/98/386/12897_.html
05/25/2004 01:31
Dear Editor,
I have been enjoying your excellent critiques of the current US
administration, including those by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey.
I also wanted to clarify a point that the world might misunderstand during this time when the U.S. is the most revolting and hated government in world history; not everyone who lives in America, or was born in America, considers themselves an American, myself included.
Many say that although they disagree with the current criminal Bush administration, and the evil perpetuated by them, they still believe in the principles of America. If we only get these crooks out of office, they say, things would get back to normal, and America could once again become the great nation it was, regaining her lost former glory.
I disagree, for one very simple reason: America never had a former glory. If you look carefully and objectively at history, America was a bad idea from its very inception. It started off wrong, and it only got worse.
Indeed, people often ask me angrily if I ever liked America, at least in her Golden Age. I ask them when this Golden Age supposedly occurred:
The rest of his tale:
http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/98/386/12897_.html