Moral superiority - Message to New York Times

In the article ‘Where Dishonesty Is Best Policy, U. S. Soccer Falls Short’ (NYTimes, june 15^th, 2014), Mr. Sam Borden says Brazilian soccer players play dishonestly diving to mislead the referee. He reports that Rivaldo dived in a game of the 2002 World Cup, simulated that was hit in the face, deceiving the referee, but the TV showed the player was hit in the waist. In a similar way, he reports that Fred succeeded in getting advantage dishonestly in the game Brazil against Croatia of the current Word Cup.

He suggests the main reason of the players attitude is concerned with bad character which opposes to a kind of moral superiority of the americans. I think we should consider what follows.

The americans “should stand on the moral high ground”, as he states. The same moral high ground that was used to kill the children and old people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the same that was used by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas; the same that was used by the manager of the White House for having sex with the support of a cigar; the same that was used to create a justification to invade Iraq; and ...., I suppose it’s not necessary to go on presenting other examples.

Well, am I mixing sport with high problems of Americans et al? I don't think so. Mr. Borden did it. "That's just how Americans are".