>Sober analysis pertaining to the likelihood of future military
>disasters in light of previous ones should be quite enough
>indepedent of any allusions to "imperialism."
No, not enough. Many Americans have been living in a bubble for decades, either because they haven't heard what the U.S. does abroad, or if they have heard, don't listen and don't want to believe. Most Americans just don't understand why so many people hate us. They should. And to say that doesn't lessen my shock and grief that thousands of people died.
Doug