Garrett,
“As for being proud of America, wouldn’t you agree that part of lovign your country or having pride in it is a willingness to asees it honestly while defending it tirelessly? What’s the point in trying hard if America is incapable of wrongdoing?”
The key word in your question is “honestly”. You won’t get much argument from anyone on the center-right until you veer off into moral equivalence. Nobody claims that our guys, past, present or future are/were choirboys. But it’s statements like this which lead many to question the critics’ motivations:
“Take a look at what happened at the end of WWII. American Occupation Forces committed thousands of rapes, thefts, and scores of murders. Their behavior, while not among the worst that occupying armies have shown, was bad enough that it was of great concern to GHQ.”
I would venture to say that even one incident of the sort you describe was of great concern in 1945 as well as 2007. That’s what separates us from those we fight/fought. Failing to recognize this is where many of us take exception to the Hollywood/leftist characterizations.
