The optimist in me likes to at least entertain the notion that the large scale effort to justify, sanitize and in some cases morbidly celebrate the failing of the long term US foreign policy has some part to play in shaping public opinion.<p>But if you are absolutely correct that those numbers represent the general values of the American people then can it be argued that once rewarded with enough material gain, an entire population can and will turn positively evil based on most people&#x27;s moral compass in order to ensure their continued quality of life?