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The States has a long history of being isolationist as a general policy but meddling in others' affairs when it suits its interests best. Sure, all countries should probably do this. But only a few can have a global impact. The current president's arrogance and his administration's depth of corruption underlines the USA's hypocrisy to the rest of the world. When your president can say "We have to stop the horrible dictator and rescue his citizens" for one country with obvious assets while ignoring other similar and even worse situations in Africa, etc etc, then it's just a case of insulting the audience's intelligence.
What's worse is that many Americans take "patriotism" too far and think it means they need to support their government whole-heartedly in all its decisions or they'll be labelled a traitor to their country. And God forbid an American should be called "un-American."
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