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And it's truly astounding that anyone would even try something as lame as "yabut the US is worse than Russia" given Stalin murdered at least 6 million of his own people plus hundreds of thousands more in Russia's expansionism and proxy wars around the globe.  FOH!

Not to mention, that when the US did go into Iraq, I don't recall the US threatening to kill millions by saying "STAY OUT OF IT OR THERE WILL BE REPRISALS LIKE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN" while raising nuclear readiness levels.  But Russia certainly DID do that.

Russia is FAR worse than the US, by any measure.[/quote]

That isn't what I wrote. I wrote that it is dangerous to believe, by reflex, that we are the "good guys", and that the other guys are "evil".

Real life isn't a Marvel comic book with selfless super-heroes and black-hearted super-villains.

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DP.  I don't see any reflexive beliefs expressed in that we are the good guys here, the reasoning is pretty well laid out. [/quote]

You can't see the bias because the fish isn't aware that it is swimming in water. It is hard to be aware of the assumptions that lie beneath one's rational thought processes. This is true of the people in every nation, not just those in the United States. It takes time -- many years -- of living abroad, and interacting closely with the "enemy", to develop the capability of truly seeing the world through their eyes. And then the shades of grey become visible, and we realize that all is not quite as black-and-white as we had previously believed. [/quote]

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