...more unrest in the Middle East. Big surprise.

After my diligent surfing of BBC's Have Your Say (which should be changed to BBC's Express Your Disdain For America-The EU Edition), I noticed that many more people seem less up in arms about Israel's aggression and more upset about the US's failure to intervene.

People are calling for the US to intervene, when they disliked our invasion of Iraq and dislike what is perceived to be an increasing separatist attitude in UN involvement--one Irish reader said that "Bush is to the UN what Tony Blair is to the EU"--both hindering some sort of global progress. I, for one, didn't agree with the Iraq invasion and I'm still tentative to comment on our involvement in the UN pending further observation, but the world needs to decide if they want us meddling in their business or not.

What can anyone really say that will make us look better in the grand scheme of things? This is another circumstance where we, the American people, become synecdochic of our faulty government (sometimes, when I hear comments about how "bad" we are for not doing shit, I perceive the European complainers to have an expectation of each citizen of the US gather a pitchfork, torch, and/or laser-shooting Sidekick II, board a jet [preferably British Airways--they serve good booze on board], and go over to stop the aggression).
True, innocent people are dying, but I don't see logic (only wishy-washy attitudes) in the castigation of our government for choosing not to hurtle itself headlong into another Middle Eastern dispute, especially when it ostensibly has nothing to do with us. Didn't we take a lot of deserved shit for this before? People just seem to want to blame the US for any aggression, whether it be legitimate because of our preemptive measures, or unfounded because of our failure to act (yet).

First and foremost, I'm all about peace. But when it comes to expectations of the United States as a world power, I'm tired of the blowing hot/cold on each issue (especially from the Brits, whom I love but drive me insane. They are quick to villify Mr. Blair in his support of the Iraq invasion, his adherence to Bush's foreign policies, and his "lack of putting pressure on Bush to do something about the Israel/Hezbollah conflict." Heaven forbid, though, that a smarmy American associates them with that horrible excuse of a leader. How dare one judge all Brits' political beliefs in foreign policy by one man and his administration. The nerve.)

Treat us like the Lex Luthor of the world, or heap a Superman complex upon us. Just pick a side and stop being fickle.