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Well, of course I would view it differently if I were European, Willow.
But, the distinction I'm focusing on is between those who do and those who think/talk -- between an attitude of action and one of passivity and procrastination. Think Treebeard and the Ent's council. While I think every action should be well-conceived, I think that taking action is important. It's a personality thing -- when I make a gaff, I immediately move to correct. Sometimes, it ends up worse. More often, I can fix my mistake. While I'm certainly a thinker, I do notice that my nature is to act. And the attitude of action is certainly an American attitude. It just happens to fit well with me.
Now, I think Bush&Co. acts before thinking things through. I think this may be due to the fact that once W himself gets an idea in his head, he doesn't see evidence to the contrary any longer (e.g. WoMD in Iraq, the Nigerian farse fracas). On the other hand, steps must be taken else we will never fix anything in Iraq or extricate our armed forces there (other than eventual outright abandonment). Exporting Iraqi law enforcement to train them elsewhere. Perhaps there are issues with where they took them -- but that would be the case anywhere.
I sincerely believe, without seeing evidence to the contrary, that the issue was to get them trained, not to get them trained in any evil way.
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