It is unfortunate that this event has shown the true colour of some of the comentators here. Americans are no different than any other nation upon the earth at this stage since the creation. If the people speaking here were really " World Travelers " they would have already realized this.
The problem here is not Americans or America. The problem is most people will obey the orders of a superiors no matter what the command. Peer pressure has alot to do with this, but social and political pressure can cause many people to do many different things.
Sure the US has gotten themselves into a war that is looking more and more everyday like it will not have the outcome that was desired in the first place. Ending the war has pushed them to do anything to acheive that end. I would ask all of you to first think about your own ills and address your issues first instead of screaming America or Isreal, Saudi Arabia, India, China or some obscure crack in the earth.
The fact is that most people of the world are blind followers no matter what they are following. They are us and we are them. BLIND FOLLOWERS will do anything that is asked of them. Americans...they thought that they werent blind followers and now they have found that they are just like everyone else.