Superman's Dead: Happy Memorial Day

Western Hero ^ | 30 May 2011 | Silverfiddle

[Silverfiddle]

America has become the despised superhero

Among nations, we really are a superhero.  We assimilate immigrants like no other nation, we come to the aid of everybody, destroy dictators and kill bad guys...  Our frightful military prowess is unrivaled.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
We've earned nothing but hatred for our efforts.  We are Batman, fighting nihilistic Jokers but pissing everybody off in the process.  They level charges of torture, illegal prisons and habitually bombing Muslim wedding parties and killing innocent civilians.

We are excoriated for invading Iraq and Afghanistan...  by the same crowd that urges us to kill Khadaffi and wonders why we didn't stand up for the Shia in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

I think we should respect the wishes of our critics and stop interfering in the affairs of other nations unless invited and unless such involvement is vital to our national security.

What business is it of ours if other nations choose to enslave their daughters, kill gay people, perform genital mutilations and stone adulterers?  How is it in our national interest to stop such barbarity?

Our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines now and throughout history have fought for all that is good and right, but ungrateful bastards worldwide repay them with hatred, slander and sneering, sniveling scorn.  Our troops fought like lions and opened up opportunities for the oppressed and benighted.  It is not our military's fault that some are too stupid, too venal or too corrupt to take advantage of this gift paid for with blood and treasure and ultimate sacrifice.

Our military has served with honor, and the nation is grateful

We should show our appreciation by demanding an end to altruistic foreign policy where those we are fighting for end up accusing us of war crimes and branding our troops international criminals.  We must also honor our troops by swearing off wars to make the world safe for other nations to scoop up Iraqi oil contracts.  We must demand our government explain why we are fighting and dying in corrupt Afghanistan while China extracts that country's mineral wealth.

The ultimate thank you for our troops would be to reunite them with their families and forswear global community organizing.
 
* - For a related post a few years back, see Bush as Batman. I've changed my opinion since then.  I still believe we are Batman, but I think the superhero needs to hang up the cape and let the carping whiners fight their own damned battles.

** - Yes, I realize I have conflated three different superheroes...

[NEWwoman]

BTTT

It is indeed a mad, mad world.

(Just followed your blog, btw.)

[NEWwoman]

BTTT

It is indeed a mad, mad world.

(Just followed your blog, btw.)

[Silverfiddle]

Thanks! Although I don’t post here to blogpimp, which is why I always post the whole thing.

[Bratch]