The Oblivious Empire and The War on Terroism

Does the United States think irrational? Does the United States put down all other countries? After reading The Oblivious Empire and The War on Terroism, I couldn't help but agree with Hertsgaard and Andreas. After the September 11 attack, the United States have attempted to to matters into "war". The United States have a reputation of always using weapons of masive destruction to "solve" problems. This is why other countries have an issue with the US.
Bin Ladden attacks the World Trade Center and, as he expected the US woul react, we take charge and bomb them. Exactly their point.
In my opinion, the United States needs to their priorities straight. Thousands were killed during the 9/11 attack and we grieved. Now we go bombing the Middle East and are killing thousands including children. Innocent lives. Does that make any situation right?

The Connection between [Babel] and [Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co.]

The way the world works is crazy in general. Who would know that you can be in California and still know what is going on in Japan. What affects someone in Texas can also have a connection and affect someone in a totally different country.

The similarities between Babel and Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse & Co. is that even if we don't know it, there is a link that connects between everyone. Here in America, practically everyone is familiar with the movie, The Terminator 2, well in France, during the first month, it sold 5 million tickets! Without realizing, I bet you could establish a conversation with someone in France even if you were only talking about things that were going on in America, because more than likely they have heard of it too.

Doesn't it make you think that we underestimate people? Here in the USA, all on national television, we name all the thing we plan to do to Iraq, well in that case, don't you think that they might know?

I don't know, after Babel and the reading, it just got me thinking. . .