1) It seems perfectly legitimate to me for a patriotic American to oppose nuking an unarmed civilian town to save the lives of our armed combatants.
2) Jennings said Americans are insular. We are. I don't necessarily consider that a bad thing, but it's true.
3) Nationalism and Patriotism really are not the same thing.
4)Global leadership really is something beyond selling our sh!t abroad.
In other words, I don't understand what you're b!tching about.
Um....Where is there a mention of "nuking" an unarmed civilian town? If you want to criticize the post, fine, but don't conjure up stuff that isn't in the post.
Jennings said Americans are insular. We are. I don't necessarily consider that a bad thing, but it's true.
SOME Americans are insular but your across the board claim (and Jennings') has painted this whole society with a wide brush. Fact of the matter is from personal experience I find that many Americans know a lot more about European history than Europeans do. Case in point: Shakespeare is studied more vigorously in the USA than in Britain. The replica of the Old Globe Theater was built primarily with American support.
Nationalism and Patriotism really are not the same thing.
By nationalism, if you mean it to be a desire to conquer or control other countries, I think you will find it almost non-existent here.
Global leadership really is something beyond selling our sh!t abroad.
And what are we trying to sell to the Afghans????
In other words, I don't understand what you're b!tching about.
Could we start with Peter Jennings' total ignorance of political realities in the USA such as his mischaracterization of Boulder, CO as some sort of Republican bastion?
That's true. But what is the difference? That statement's a worthless generalization without further explanation.
4)Global leadership really is something beyond selling our sh!t abroad.
Who said that's what people believe it is, and what actually IS global leadership?
In other words, I don't understand what you're b!tching about.
Jennings is b!tching about something, but without elaboration, we are free to presume the worst.