"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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"John Mullen" wrote:

[snieep]

I assure you I'm not jealous or resentful!

I'm not buying your "playing dumb" act with regards to that nonsense
you posted about not understanding why Americans respect the
Stars & Stripes. You're obviously smarter than that and I think you
are jealous and resentful but are too proud to publically admit it.

If you can't understand what I said previously, I doubt if I can explain it
further to you.

I didn't say I didn't say I didn't understand why Americans respect the
Stars and Stripes. Hell, *I* respect the US flag, it's a nice flag and in
spite of everything still stands for a lot of good things.

What I don't fully understand is the way a lot of intelligent Americans let
ritualistic patriotism blunt their scepticism about their country's foreign
policy adventures and how they relate to the founding fathers' dream.

HTH

(but I doubt it!)

John