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Hopefully, the American people can have the chance to make a bigger influence of good, if they are settled here in the US-to let foreigners know that all Americans are not as shallow, inhumane, and sadistic as GW and Cheney.
It is a sad thing, in the ultimate, that the American people HAVE HAD THAT CHANCE. They've had seven years at least. Or a couple of hundred. Israel practices collective punishment on the Gazans for some time now. Doesn't even rate a blip on Salon, let alone the MSM. And we all know Israel's behaviour is chronically condoned by the American people, without apology, fully witnessed by the rest of the world. Pile on Iraq, Latin America, Central America, Viet Nam, Cambodia, numerous African nations, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Pakistan . . .and these are the ones we now know about. These examples are what constitutes a "stain", with Guantanamo the cherry on top.
Foreigners' opinions of "the American people" was long ago established, long solidified, and may very well be unchangeable. With all due respect, it is somewhat presumptuous/naive and a perfect example of the hubris and hypocrisy of America, to think that Americans have ever had any influence of good, let alone "a bigger", especially in the minds of each and every individual harmed by the actions of the American government that acts on its people's behalf.
