Originally Posted by Almighty Colin

I've never seen you use such an argument to defend the US, only to criticize it. You could very well use such a belief to defend US policy. Why in all the years of reading your posts have I not seen such a thing? If the US is a sovereign nation does it have a right to torture its political prisoners held on its own soil? Do you have any problem whatsoever with its refusal to not ratify the Kyoto protocol?

You criticize US policy on damned near everything. With a few years as evidence I don't think you've ever said "The US is a sovereign country. It can do what it wants". Let's see. Drug laws and enforcement, education, law-making, politics? When have you used this argument to defend the US?