And the Uniparty is doing everything possible to correct that situation.
And there are people, Americans, who think America does not deserve it, who think America is fundamentally wrong, who gnash their teeth at the National Anthem.
We set up free republics in Iraq and Afghanistan?
The writer is delusional.
“We aren’t using our vast power for conquest”
Some of us know this.
at a dinner party some older neighbor, a business man was going on about how the US is questionable in morality in commerce. I suppose shady business guys have to rationalize.
AND in front of the kids. As usual none of the ‘men’ in the vicinity, a few of them military officers, would pipe up. I don’t know why - I miss my father.
I digress.
I said, ‘whoa. The US is not imperialist’.
He got so pissed - that’s how anti patriots argue.
“The US certainly is too imperialist. Of course they are”
This guy wants to argue with a mother in front of her kids over how bad the US is, and point out not only that the kids have a bad country but also a twit for a mother.
Where were the guys?
I asked him to explain his facts.
He said, ‘Oh we took over Guam’.
It was not enjoyable watching a guy deflate so quickly even the kids had to look down and slink out of the room.
But could more people just say to others, ‘just shut up about how bad the US is’?
Especially in front of the kids.
I NEVER heard such scandalous dialogue when I was growing up.
The men certainly would not allow it that’s for sure
And it shouldn’t end there.
America hasn’t done that since Mexico made the terrible mistake of attacking us after Texas chose to join our nation.
No question it was a terrible mistake. But it is at minimum highly debatable whether Mexico attacked us.
From another valid perspective, we intentionally marched troops into disputed territory and then claimed "American troops had been attacked on American soil." IOW, Polk staged the whole thing. I just listened to a book about Lincoln's term in Congress, and this issue dominated. Lincoln gained a (mostly unfavorable) national reputation by proposing a resolution requiring Polk to designate the "spot" on American soil where this blood was shed.
There is also the entire history of our expansion across the continent, merrily breaking solemn treaties as we went.
We also conquered the Philippines, though we didn't keep it long, and we acquired Hawaii by what can only be called dubious means. Not to mention the Panama Canal Zone.
All these and others have another side to the story, of course. I'm merely noting that our record is not as spotless as the writer seems to think.
The history of the expansion of the British and other empires is also not nearly as evil as the contrast he draws. Most of these empires, most of the time, did not have a consistent policy of expansion wherever possible. They expanded to preempt others or to stop border squabbles, which of course simply moved the border to a new location where they had to deal with new squabbles. Much expansion was done by the men on the spot, forcing reluctant home governments to accept a fait accompli.
Was.
Was the greatest nation in history.
This Canadian agrees wholeheartedly. Thank God for the USA and its fine people. Without you, there’d be no free world.
Now, to buy a few hundred rounds of hockey pucks, just in case. :-)
Cheers,
Jim
While everyone joins the military for different reasons, as a veteran, I know patriotism is always high on that list. Unfortunately very little of what our military has done in recent decades has anything to do with “support and defend the constitution”. While the goal is not conquest it is certainly imperial. I have very strong feelings for the many 19 and 20 year old children who believed in that oath only to be completely exploited as pawns and fodder for the purpose of installing puppet dictators. While this may benefit some well-connected individuals it is corruption and war profiteering. Is there a worse crime one could engage in? Along this line we should also consider that our government is the largest exporter of arms in the world (whose beneficiaries include “moderate Muslims” and numerous human rights abusing dictators). Yes, there are plenty of people who have reasons to hate us which are not based on our freedoms.
I’m simply trying to point out that when one considers exceptionalism it should not be used to excuse our sins or denigrate the person questioning the actions or motives of government.
Furthermore I am strongly convinced that this same reasoning applied to politics has severely damaged our political process. We choose a candidate and support them by demonstrating their superiority to the opposition, often by calling attention to the opposition’s errors. This makes us reluctant to call out problems or question the voting record of our preferred candidate. In the end we compromise our views and allow politicians to run amok.
....And the liberal progressives top 5....
1) A man can butcher his body and be on the cover of Vanity Fair as a “stunning” woman.
2) Christians are no longer bound by silly notions of morality and biblical teaching through mandated government coercion.
3) Politicians are no longer bound by the silly notion of representing citizens of the nation and can openly court the votes of illegal aliens.
4) A fat black woman has ensured all children get healthy nutritious meals in school cafeterias.
5) Affordable health care for all with Obamacare.
A century ago, Britain, France and Russia patted themselves on the back for their greatness and exceptionalism to the point where each practically dislocated its collective shoulder. The French had a highfalutin and barely pronounceable term for it: ”la gloire,” “the glory.” Russia called itself “The Third Rome” with the understanding that Constantinople had been the Second Rome. The Brits had more homey expressions like “Britannia rules the waves” or “The sun never sets on the British Empire.” The Germans were too new to the game for such self-congratulation; their turn would come later.
Then in August of 1914 the hammer fell. By the time the bloodletting was over, each nation had lost its best and brightest on the fields of war. Russia dived headfirst into the toilet with its acceptance of communism, and now it had a new sense of exceptionalism: “The Workman’s Paradise.” Britain and France merely circled the bowl. Germany finally found its voice: “The Thousand Year Reich.” No one was strong enough or confident enough to stop Germany, so we had a second bloodletting.
After that, the Thousand Year Reich was split into pieces. Britain dived into the toilet with its Labour government, and the United Nations and the US Foreign Policy Community forced it to give up its empire, thus creating a global playground for the CIA and KBG. France lost its empire under the mandate of the same combine, and in 1958 the military had to come out of the barracks under De Gaulle to restore fiscal and political order. The Workman’s Paradise drifted and finally fell apart due to its corruption, brittleness and inability to face a new American challenge.
So where are they today? A century after patting themselves on the back, France is being colonized by Muslims because their high birthrate permits the French welfare state to survive, Britain is a shabby nation in a state of sad decay facing the same demographic problem with the same solution, Russia is vainly attempting to get its ethnic house in order by territorial expansion to prevent the same kind of Muslim colonization, and Germany has gotten back together to become the economic engine of Europe but with its own Muslim problem.
So when I hear Americans talking about their greatness and exceptionalism, my first instinct is look overhead to locate the hammer that is about to fall. Regrettably, I think I’ve found it, and the only thing I don’t know is the exact date it will clobber us. And I can’t help but wonder what historians in 2115 will write about America in this era.
That duplicitous S.O.B. Powell plagiarized Gen. Mark Clark.
Proof:
https://picasaweb.google.com/VictorySpeedway/DayFourNormandyPartTwo#5799904969454647826
(Inscription at the American Cemetery, Colleville sur Mer, Normandy, France)
Why does this sound like an epitaph to me?