Re: Ex-P.O.W. wants to streamline P.O. W. interrogation rules
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I think it is difficult for Americans to grasp the extent of the image damage this has.
[/ QUOTE ]I don't think so. I think we'd just rather watch Lost, get drunk, and pretend this is the 19th century when we could afford to ignore the rest of the world.
The changing attitudes of the Korean students I mentor about the United States over the last few years has absolutely shocked me. Many of them are rooting for N. Korea to get the bomb now just to show us up. This (S. Korea) is a place where Americans used to be worshipped, and English proficiency is almost mandatory. Their word for America means literally "beautiful country."
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