Why do you think the US has the right to police states throughout the world?
LOL. I, too, sometimes forget HN is an American majority community and get enraged by the occasional foolishly bold comment like parent's. But then the reality sets in... I am on American soil here on HN! What was I expecting?
I think he was trolling (war on terror, advancing democracy through oil contracts and all that...)
Do US have something to do with it? From what I followed, US helped a lot making the situation worse.