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B. Poster, Nell,
Bingo!

You write: “When it comes to arrogance, it’s hard to to beat holding the belief that God finds you qualified to determine who is unworthy of life and slaughter them at will.” This describes Iranian leader Mahmood Amadinejad. He thinks it is his duty to bring about world Islamic rule and to completely destroy two civilizations, America and Israel. He has the full backing of Iran’s religous leaders with nothing to hold them accountable. The reporting by the msm on the Iranian leadership’s religous motivations is generally spotty, however, I think you were referring to George W. Bush.

George W. Bush has Congress, the Courts, and the American people to hold him accountable. The Iranian leadership has no such check on its power. I think they have “elections” but the religous leaders decide who will be on the ballot and what policies they will follow.

Bush may have been rumored to make certain claims regarding God but he has the American the people, the courts, and Congress to hold him in check. There is no such check on the Iranian leadership.

Btw, the US nor George W. Bush are slaughtering anyone at their whim. If anything, the American military response has been indecisive. This has been part of the problem from the beginning. The military has not been allowed to fight decisively. The terrorists, in the name of their God, however, are slaughtering people at whim. Your statement describes America’s terrorists enemies perfectly.

The Yankees are no more or less arrogant than any other successful group of professional baseball players, however, of late and through out their history they have been more successful than any other team in baseball. This is why many fans outside of New York don’t like them. The real reason fans outside of New York tend to dislike them is because of their success. Often times this comes at the expense of their beloved team. With all due respect, Yankee arrogance is a myth to make them feel better.

The same goes for American “arrogance.” This is a lie. If a lie is repeated often enough and loud enough people begin to believe it. After all, I’m not arrogant. My neighbor must be. I met my neighbor and he/she is not arrogant. Then their neighbor MUST be. After the msm told me so. My college professors told me so.

Actually Americans including their leaders are on the whole quite humble. Of course this will vary by individuals. There will be some among the leadership who fit the definition of arrogant and some who don’t.

Much of the rhetoric we have heard lately coming from America’s leaders is simply a response to the rhetoric coming from their enemies. The msm reporting on this is spotty. This is either becuase: A.)While not actively supporting foriegn leaders, such as the Iranian, Venezuelean, and Russian leaders they harbor sympathy toward their positions. B.) Getting the quotes from foreign leaders is more difficult and, as such, their is not as large a press detail assigned to them and because of this those quotes are often missed. I think B probably explains things better than A. In any event, what an American leader says or does needs to be evaluated in the context of what others are doing.

On the whole, Americans and their leaders are quite humble. Author and blogger Dan Flynn said it best when he said,to roughly paraphrase, the America haters should “play imitate rather than play hate.” America and its leaders are no more arrogant and probably less arrogant than the other great powers of Russia, Chnia, or Iran.

A combination of overwhelming American economic success and some foreign policy miscalculations that happened becuase Aemrican leaders do not properly understand their enemies have led to the current situation. The sooner the myth of American “arrogance” is shown for the myth that it is the better. Once the myths or debunked, we can better address the issues we face.

Answer: Arrogance, sir, arrogance.

If you can answer this question correctly, you “get it”: Why do so many baseball fans outside of New York hate the Yankees?