The US: World's Policeman or Schoolyard Bully?

Comedian, activist Bill Maher. (photo: HBO)
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/14/usa-worlds-policeman-school-bully
By Bill Maher
14 September 2013
ew rule: 12 years after 9/11, and amidst yet another debate on whether to bomb yet another Muslim country, America must stop asking the question, "Why do they hate us?" Forget the debate on Syria, we need a debate on why we're always debating whether to bomb someone. Because we're starting to look not so much like the world's policeman, but more like George Zimmerman: itching to use force and then pretending it's because we had no choice.