Is the U.S. bad? Not at all. Slavery was America's greatest sin but how long has it been since it was outlawed? And now after the sacrifices in both lives and treasure America has made to fight tyranny around the world during the last 100 years, as someone who grew up outside America, I do belive the U.S. has more than made up for that.
And about America's foreign policy, is it as destructive as, let's say North Korea's and their threatening their neighbors with nukes and nowadays probably leading us into WWIII? Iran's and their support for Hezbollah? The PRC and their threatening of Taiwan and invasion of Tibet? Libya and their support for terrorism including the Lockerbie bomber? How about Venezuela and their support for the FARC in Colombia? As someone who grew up in a country (Mexico) where America regularly was blamed for the wars in Central America, I'd say it takes two to tango, people. Was America sticking its nose in Central America? Sure, but so were the Cubans and the Soviets supporting guerrillas in Guatemala and El Salvador, how come they got a free pass? Now, America has been in Afghanistan for most of this decade but that country's problems started in 1979 when the Soviets invaded, had the Soviets never started it, who knows how Afghanistan would be today, maybe a peaceful country or maybe another not-so-smart bomb factory like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.
And about America's foreign policy, is it as destructive as, let's say North Korea's and their threatening their neighbors with nukes and nowadays probably leading us into WWIII? Iran's and their support for Hezbollah? The PRC and their threatening of Taiwan and invasion of Tibet? Libya and their support for terrorism including the Lockerbie bomber? How about Venezuela and their support for the FARC in Colombia? As someone who grew up in a country (Mexico) where America regularly was blamed for the wars in Central America, I'd say it takes two to tango, people. Was America sticking its nose in Central America? Sure, but so were the Cubans and the Soviets supporting guerrillas in Guatemala and El Salvador, how come they got a free pass? Now, America has been in Afghanistan for most of this decade but that country's problems started in 1979 when the Soviets invaded, had the Soviets never started it, who knows how Afghanistan would be today, maybe a peaceful country or maybe another not-so-smart bomb factory like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.