Opinion Retaliation!

America the Beautiful: What we're fighting for, by Dinesh D' Souza was a very intriguing read. First of all, when the author states that America and Americans are better than everyone else It brought up a couple issues for me. I guess going along the lines of the cultural relativity, we can not judge our country against other third world countries. The reason being is that we have stepped on enough toes to get to the place where we are. Where on the other side, the third world country as been the one who did not act to conquer and in turn, has not been able to achieve the same kind of spot light as America has. Secondly, when he talks about killing two hundred civilians in a hospital and it being not that bad  compared to other countries. In my book, that is still considered murdering the innocent. And say we hold ourselves at a high moral standard? What I am saying is no moral law has stated that you may justify our evil acts by comparing yourselves with other evils. 

Conversely, this does not put me against america, I just do not believe that such absolute statements should be made about a imperfect country. The part where I can agree, is that American is a place where a lot good is held. The mentality is to help more than we hurt, and that is a value strongly held. However, even with so much good intention, it can be corrupt by only a few who hold political power. And that is where I really believe that we are no better than any other country trying to protect its own.