Damn, the primitives are so high-schoolish.
What's this deal about "earning" the "respect" of the world?
That doesn't happen, that's never happened, in the history of the world.
Nations, societies, and people have interests, not respect.
What the Germans think about America, what Lord Marblehead EarlG thinks about America, what the Senegalese think about America, what the Japanese think about America, is irrelevant.
**** what the Norwegians think, for example.
The Norwegians don't care if America respects them, so why are we obligated to care whether or not the Norwegians respect us?
This is not to say nations shouldn't try to get along.....but it is to say that nations, societies, and people have their own interests in mind, when trying to get along.
What Fat Che, being an American, thinks about America, is worth more than the combined opinion of all the non-Americans in the whole world.
The lilliputian tom thumb primitive is just a pudgy little wishy-washy fuddy-duddy. I think he's trying to get on the Top Ten Primitives of 2008, but it's not going to work.