"Any country that has the amount of talent, resources and power that the U.S. has accumulated would commit no less the atrocities than the U.S. has in it's history."
Is that an excuse for past and current transgressions? Corporatism and fascism and elitism are "okay" because why? I believe I missed that in your reply.
You don't give a damn because it isn't your nation being bombed or your loved ones being murdered.
RE: Patriotism, an Abomination