Oblivious? America? Couldn't be..

In "The Oblivious Empire", Mark Hertsgaard explains that for being such an "educated" country, we know very little about the outside world as a country. The American feeling that this country is superior than the rest of the world, "may be fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world" Hertsgaard says. I liked what was said about American ignorance. Hertsgaard says,"Ignorance is an excuse, but not a shield. Even though Americans are largely ignorant of what is being carried out in their names, they are all likely to suffer a very steep price". I agree completely. If America continues to blindly reach out and touch other countries, we will suffer our downfall. We may be the most powerful nation in the world, but when it comes to terms of intelligence on other countries, we are severely lacking.