Declining American Popularity

IT HAS NOT BEEN a good week for the United States with regard to foreign policy. One after another, other countries are complaining, in no uncertain terms, about the tendency on the part of the U.S. to spy on them, especially electronically. OH, you know, its the same old story, the same way our government spies on us, or rather, the way we spy on ourselves, (technically,in America the people govern themselves, though this is another sham) which is, early and often. So what's the big fuss all about? Isn't this "old hat"? Our Russian friends like to remind us that we the American police state claim to be America the land of the free, and boy, do they ever have a point. In this case, the shoe fits, and quite well. My fellow Americans; let us together wear the shoe that fits so very well. We are a militarized plutocratic security state, not the representative democracy we tell others about. German President Andrea Merkel phoned Obama and chewed him out, the French demand an explanation, which you can be sure we do not have but will soon fabricate, and if memory serves, a few nations in Latin America are mad about it too. All these countries even act as if they are surprised, strangely enough, as if they didn't already know that no matter what is going on in the world, anywhere, the United States is spying on it and trying to control it. Any questions? Russia and China are murmering their discontent. Before long, if we don't watch out, the United States is going to be much less than the most popular country in the world, if it isn't already. The saudis are pretty mad at everyone, in all fairness. They contend that the United States, in failing to bomb Syria, failed to carry out its moral responsibilites, and in failing to nuke Iran, has committed the same crime. The Saudis have very strong, very negative feelings about Syria and Iran, both of whom are allied with Russia, and both of whom embrace a form of Islam unacceptable to most Saudis. Saudi Arabia also did something even more inexplicable than complaining about America; it refused a seat on the United Nations Security Council, which nobody has ever done before. They say its because the U.N. is a sham, controlled mostly by the five permanent members of the security council, as if we didn't already know that. Non permanent members have some benefits, but the kingdom is throwing all that away, pouting because the world governing body refused to blow up Syria. The U.N. has never been truly effective, and never will be, unless and until it decides to become a democracy, rather than an organization governed by the five powerful nations which fought on the victorious side in world war two, and have hoarded ths spoils of war unto themselves ever since. That's an awful long time to hoard power and suppress democracy, but nothing that hasn't been done before. Among us humans, tyranny and oppression know no limits. Th American people, by and large, are probably glad to have Saudi Arabia as an ally, but not if it means we must destroy Syria and Iran to remain on good terms. Haven't we done enough already?