Reply #25: I don't believe they understand or care about the difference.

[katsy]

Not at all.

This is how they are wired.

They rationalize their behavior (from cradle to grave) by crying "I mean well" and "only I can save you". They have a freaking god complex. They know all and proceed to reshape the world in their own image.

No one, not their children, not their business associates, not their fellow Americans or citizens of the same planet are capable of making their own choices.

Chavez... bad. Interfere in their elections.

Palenstinians... bad. Make no attempt to coax Israel out of occupied Palestinian lands and, in fact, aid and abet in the genocide of Palestinians.

Iranians... bad. Never mind U.S. interference in their country way back when the cia was torturing Iranians.

Democrats... bad. Swiftboat them all.

Social safety nets... bad. Screw your children. I got mine so go drop fucking dead.

Regulatory agencies... bad. Spraying pesticides around the environment of ghetto babies is for the greater good.

Iraqis... dead. WHOOPS. In this case, they DID reshape Iraq in their own image and pretty ugly.