4/9/12

In class we talked about how we fight these wars with all of these different countries but yet what do we really know about them? For example we were talking about how Russia had to learn English as one of their languages and when tested that they could names some of our famous mountain tops and a few states. I know if someone came up to me and asked me questions about Russia I wouldn't know a thing, at most I would be able to find it on a map. I was told yesterday that 50% of Americans couldn't find America on a map, how sad is that?! I feel that America's motto isn't "know thy enemy", but "know that your enemy is there and then make sure that you have bigger guns then them." Most countries think that we as Americans have the best of everything, and that is somewhat true but mostly because we want the best of everything no matter the cost. There is a universal appeal of shiny things, which causes an universal source of envy.