It's quite sad. I really do broadly think of the US as "the good guys". And where they are not perfect, they tend to be better than most.<p>But things like this, and similar heavy handed botch jobs that America then continues to double down on... really sting.<p>Especially since, if you are a liberal, small "d" democrat, there isn't much alternative for world leadership. The EU is too sleepy to do it, and most of the other players (Russia, China, India etc) are either illiberal or focused on internal problems.<p>So even when the US decides to continue to dish out collective punishment on a nation with rich culture and history, even then there isn't much alternative to it.