Bashing America.

Well it is too easy to bash America this week. Harriet Miers and Scooter Libbey. And Iraq of course!

However one must remind oneself that this country has a lot more to offer than its present state. If one were to look at the last week or for that matter events this year it is too easy to bash this countries policies. However one should really look at America from a historic perspective and things change.

One is very easily swayed by current events and extrapolate it. However if one were to lump all the negative things that this country has done and weigh it against the good things that have come out of this country; good outweigh the bad by a significant margin.

World Wars I and II were won decisively because of Americas entry. Cold war was won because of America. If one were to ask any average person in the world, not afflicted by any unrealistic passions, where he or she would like to be, the answer would be America. There is a reason for this. America offers opportunity for the ordinary person. Even today. Until this stops America will keep providing the inspiration.

Even countries like India and China, the supposed nations of the future, are using American economic policies. There is a lot to be learned from this country and a lot of admire about it. This country inspite of all its individual leaders will prevail because its individual people have a voice unlike any other nation on the face of the earth.

This country will prevail and will do so in conjunction with countries like China and India because this country is the true place of individual expression where any person can succeed. Unlike India and China where decades/centuries of cultural inertia exists, this country lives in the present!