it all depends ...

... on which side of the sh_t-pile you land on, I guess.  Right now in the middle east we have Libya & we have Syria ...  And  in both of these countries we have despots attacking the "revolting peasants"  ....  And in Libya we have a coalition of foreign powers bullying the despot using actual weapons ...   In Syria  ... we are telling the despot "you can't do that on television"    Yes, indeed, it all depends on which side of the sh_t-pile you land.  

The "western-world" wonders why they have no credibility in certain regions of the world  ... but if you actually looked at the way we deal with people you would have to admit that TRUST is not deserved.   Just Sayin'