US does not have enemies

Per Ted Rall, we have RIVALS. And, yes, plenty of them.

But, since the Saddam Hussein government is out of power in Iraq, technically, we’re not at war with anybody. (Of course, per the Constitution, technically, we were never at war with Ba’athist Iraq, but that’s a whole nother story.)

Anyway …

Iran? Rival.

China? Rival.

Etc.

Not enemies.

The hate-mongering of U.S. foreign policy would probably drop a notch with more precise use of language.

But, Barack Obama, just like John McCain, talks about “enemies.”

Oh, and Hamas isn’t our enemy either. It IS Israel’s enemy, but, it only becomes our enemy if we make it our enemy.