SEIZING THE MORAL LOW GROUND:

Democracy: not just for Americans (Daily Star, February 02, 2011)

Washington would not find itself in this situation time after time if it were able to learn a simple lesson. No matter how much aid the U.S. dumps into a country (with Washington’s favor almost always falling mainly on that nation’s armed forces) and no matter how close Washington buddies up to a ruler, the most important part of any country is its people. People’s patience will run out on their dignity being trampled and their future being snuffed out.

After all, the ideal model of government is of the people, by the people and for the people, as an esteemed American once said. It is truly a tragedy that the U.S. so sorely needs a lecture that the same holds true for other nations as well; the U.S. would do well to say so and behave accordingly.