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[meanfreepath]

Why does Israel have to be put on the defensive internationally after its commandos use limited force in response to being attacked with potentially deadly weapons? Would anyone be complaining if the men and women of the US Navy were to use lethal force to defend themselves in the course of interdicting Somali pirates?

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[arctangent.livejournal.com]

America is more like the spoiled, privileged child who grew up to be a bully because it never really got used to having to play nice with others and treat them like equals, rather than having the truly embittered, hysterical tang of the cycle-of-abuse kind of bullying. It is possible to get America to get bored and give up; this is far less true of other aggressive nations.