Genie - Nope, it certainly doesn't jibe with what Christ taught...but people are usually far more willing to quote Jesus' teachings than they are to actually live up to them!

This is as true of Americans as it is of most other nations.

What makes America different right now is its extreme dominance in technological weaponry and firepower. That was what made the Romans different in their time too, and the British as well between, say, 1815 and 1914.

- LH