> it would be wonderful if the U.S. could return to being viewed as "the good guys" You mean internally or that there was ever a time where the external percep

> it would be wonderful if the U.S. could return to being viewed as "the good guys" You mean internally or that there was ever a time where the external perception of US was of "good guys"? I mean, I can't possibly imagine the latter being the case. For instance: it's pretty common knowledge in South America of US involvement in setting up bloody dictatorships in the 60's and 70's. Only if US citizens believe in their own soft power propaganda (e.g. Hollywood). See [0], it gets pretty ridiculous after 1949. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... Edit (Relevant Carlin): Israeli murderers are called commandos, Arab commandos are called terrorists. Contra killers are called freedom fighters. Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?