and hypocritical too...

One of the most durable features of the US culture is the in ability or refusal to recognize US crimes. The media have long been calling for the Japanese and Germans to admit guilt, apologize, and pay reparations. But the idea that this county has committed huge crimes, and that current events such as the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks may be rooted in responses to those crimes, is close to inadmissible.
-Edward Herman, zmag.org, 9-13-01