Actually, and sadly, it's not me who really doesn't get it - America is perfectly entitled to criticise, but they expect the world to listen and take note...and then dismisses all criticism of itself. It then claims the moral high ground, with any such criticism classed as an anti-American rant...that's, by any definition of the word, hypocritical...(your effectively playing that card now, whether you realise it or not...dismissing the writer as effectively being anti-American (when I couldn't be any further from that descriptio) so it's OK not to address the subject matter..you may not have realised it , but you haven't addressed the topic...was the attack on Tripoli legal?...if yes, was this then an act of state sponsered terrorism..if not, why not? Rather than replying in the negative, be positive and supply reasoning as to why it wasn't illegal...that's all I'm asking...maybe your right, I have no particular viewpoint, only setting the questions - if we can't get any Americans to tell us their views, then we will remain in the dark.
...and simply dismissing Americas actions as 'messing up on occassion'...is, well, not helping your case. I know your probably don't mean to be dismissive of these actions and your just being a bit easy with the words since it's a soccer forum, but it's a powerful topic, and needs more thought