20 March 2006, 3:06 PM
You could see it as anti-US sentiment or you could see it as a warning to all nations that if you take a certain path you will become corrupted. After all Japan in SAC isn't all lollipops and sunshine. The Japanese often portray their own country as being corrupted and has lost its soul in animes which depict the future.
You've read it! You can't unread it!