i don't think it's right that we covertly tried to spread "democracy" (when y'all know they were spreading capitalism) and set up coups and kill leaders just 'cause they didn't see it "our" way.
but say putin threw that at bush. he'd fire back with, "well, we didn't rule those nations. we just helped them." help, my ass.
i'm saying that we still had a considerable amount of influence in certain places, even though we didn't directly link them to our country, the way the u.s.s.r did. i think bush believes the u.s. is "better" by not claiming any territory that hitler lost after the war. hell, the u.s. wasn't gonna try to claim western europe. we're just as wrong, but i don't think BUSH believes that.