More than 90 percent of the Turkish public opposes allowing U.S. troops to use their nation as a northern front from which to wage war on Iraq. And yet the U.S. government continues to use strong-arm tactics and financial bribery to convince the Turkish government to go against the wishes of its people.
How can the U.S. act this way and still claim to support freedom and democracy? This is only the latest (and certainly not the most egregious) in a long line of American foreign policy actions which contradicts the values America supposedly holds dear. How can Americans be surprised at the rising tide of anti-American sentiment throughout the world?
The U.S. government is certainly on a rampage when it comes to trampling the free will of sovereign peoples (Americans included) as well as trashing the remaining vestiges of good will toward America.
When exactly is it that we’ll all start feeling safe?