From the Net:
Commenter A: America used to be a country of ideas, ideals and vision.
I disagree.
Commenter B: The only time America appeared to have ideas, ideals, and vision was between 1945 and the early 1970s when they had no competition due to having destroyed it all by carpet bombing Japan and Germany.
I think this comment is probably largely correct. Anyone wish to comment?
That and the romanticization of the American Cowboy.
Europe’s Knights and fighting men were likewise often honorless SOB’s. However, something is gained morally by living by the ideal of fighting fair as an honorable man.