[Guderian]

I'm saying there is a great hunger in America to find evil abroad.

I would disagree. Most americans have been living in a dream world since the fall of the soviets. I prefer not to use terms like 'evil'; its a bit too indefinable for my tastes. But in the context of your reply, we are not hungry to find evil; instead we are opening our eyes to its (pre)existence and realizing that we havent been taking care of things as much as we may have thought we were.

We could be agreeing, but you're determined the foreigner must be at odds.

The though occurred to me that you could be an expatriate, an emigree, or a normal citizen. I was not directing my comments at you because you are any of the above. I was referring to you because you were speaking for your ENTIRE country, instead of just for you. You of all people would be more aware of your local opinions, but I have a hard time imagining that all of Japan is as firmly against this war given your militarys current involvment. Your prime minister would be out of a job very quickly if that were the case.

I can comment on why things are done. You can't make an enemy of me; you'll need to look elsewhere.

I misspoke. I meant to say you can't have an absolutist opinion that your view of events is the correct one, IE why things are done. I think our differences lie in what we consider biased. I am not trying to make a enemy out of you.

And since this is basically boiling down to the 'perception is reality' arguement, I'll get my first stab out there. Perception is only reality once you stop accepting information.