The United States Needs to be Honest with its Children

The position of many of today’s self-described “patriots” is offered at left.  Apparently, the United States has reached a point at which we have to make a choice between:

a) being honest about our history and the mistakes we’ve made, and

b) teaching our kids to love their country.

Wisdom would suggest that lying to our kids is a bad idea, for the same reason that, as they say, honesty is the best policy.  We’re rapidly becoming a nation of self-delusional lairs, and this is a truly terrible decision.