Joe Citizen:
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America is the epitome of cowardice.
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Whoa!
Gotta think on that one! :-)
Mmmm... as a nation, don't think the US has much to be proud of as far as "conflicts" are concerned. It is a neurotic nation with a preoccupation about "enemies" and wonderment as to "why they hate us" and also inbred with some belief in "success" which, in turn, seems to mean "greed" to some.
In the middle of that looney culture, there are many very sane folks both within and outside government and many honorable men among em.
As far as "cowardice" is concerned, - dunno if that is the word. There sure is, as has been demonstrated in Iraq, this "run and cover your ass" when in any "actual" fighting (ie not some "press-a-button-from-50-miles-away-warfare"). Who knows if that is cowardice, - there is something to be said for covering your ass to fight another day. A commander may call it "strategy" tho this does not seem to be a strategy adopted by some forces from other nations serving in Iraq.
Frankly, ya can't expect much more. Many of these guys, irrespective of their real age, are kids. They have little experience of "war" and given moral boosts to say "we are the best" etc. - but in real life were donut store managers etc. This shows up badly in any "relationships" with others - they have no experience to call upon to have any relationship and the troops of a few other nations "appear" to be doing better at this. Again, as with people in general, there are many excellent "real soliders" within the US troops and no way do these guys need the others to be pulling em down.
I find it hard to generalize and say "America is the epitome of cowardice" - US folks are not any different to anyone else. What you "may" be saying is the US govt and the foreign policies they pursue are "cowardly"? If so, yea, they are cowardly, greedy, arrogant, bullies and loads more "words". No other nation comes near em for total shit in this area and, almost without exception, other counties know this and hence the credibility gap.