Check the backyard again
Almost every day we find a number of articles condemning the United States of America for its attitude toward Islam, its ignorance of the world in general, its current and historic controversial foreign policies and its ignorance in misunderstanding the cultures of other countries -- all this and they are also the world's biggest and only bully.
All pretty damning stuff, and lots of words to support such claims. There are of course many explanations for America and where it is today, some acceptable, some not and some highly questionable, but those that write on the subject tend to forget that most countries' backyards are also crammed full of injustices and deceit, no matter where you look on the globe.
It always strike me as being rather cynical when people feel the need to point the finger in one direction when they know only too well that their own country falls well short of so-called ethics and morality.
So many writers assume to have the much sought after facts about what the Americans think, some 400 million opinions being scooped up and classified as anti-Islam and whatever else suits.
Another area that keeps getting an airing is how the moderate Muslims sees America as an aggressive nation, and here again another 200 million opinions are channeled into one.
The sad thing about it all is that those that have common sense between their ears already know that millions of human beings have no idea whatsoever about the truth, and yet they often go with the flow when the situation dictates.
Better we push to one side the inaccurate prejudices and concentrate our efforts on worthwhile education, instead of this continuous and senseless bickering that offers no practical solutions.
The skeletons are everywhere, but the bone of contention is not whether America is the world's biggest terrorist (which is garbage), it is whether all governments can arrive at the obvious conclusion in accepting that their poor performances and incessant greed are the cause of most of the worlds problems. Then again "pigs might fly".
DAVID WALLIS
Medan, North Sumatra