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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    One of the moderators was recently lamenting "necroposting" and threatening infractions. I guess all of that really is in the eye of the beholder. :-D
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    To this day Nixon is given much credit in this country regarding his policy towards China. W.J.Clinton even was even more favorably disposed towards China for his own political reasons. Now China is our biggest creditor, which cannot be a good thing.
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    KS would have been overrun after the "resolution between the two parties." KN mediation methods are artillery, PPSH and bayonet.
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    Hillary doesn't have to explain anything to anybody. You should know that by now.:lol:
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    Fair enough. :-) The Korean War began when KN overran the South and the US responded, taking heavy casualties in the beginning (Task Force Smith). Was the US not to respond to communist aggression and mass murder? That doesn't seem right, and it's incredibly simplified. A separate discussion...
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    ejazr The personal attack on Walt was poor form, but those Harvard eggheads give me a real pain. True that every country or culture has something unique to offer, but I have to say as my opinion, that Islam has yet to show its better face.
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    Last thought on the article: if American exceptionalism is a myth, should the reality become American isolationism?
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    The term appeared in the 1840s, after the colonial period.
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    I try not to. His speeches are very partisan.
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    Actually, that happened in 2008. After being elected, Obama went bowing and apologizing aroung the world. We are no better liked as a result.:lol: I will have to review the history I learned. I thought Manifest Destiny got us as far as the Pacific Ocean.
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    Note my sig :-)
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    I was just being a wise-guy.
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    So your list of American mistakes would then be: Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. There are no parallels among the countries on that list, unless your purpose is just to gripe. But, I have come to accept the America-bashing here. If it had any validity, it would bother me. "I'd like...
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    What the author of the article and the other Harvard elitists (e.g., Obama) who run our government do not understand is that those Americans who believe in its exceptionalism do so not as a reason to lord it over other countries, but to establish a standard for us to strive for. Our present...
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    Would you suggest we increase our visa quota? :-)
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    You can't add Pakistan to that list of mistakes, can you?
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    You may be right, but the article was not meant for "every ignorant Yank." If it were, Foreign Affairs would have the same circulation as Time magazine. The article was meant for other intelligentsia at Harvard and elsewhere, who while away their hours thinking of reasons why they are better...
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    The Myth of American Exceptionalism

    It really is too bad American exceptionalism is a myth. But clearly Stephen Walt must be right. After all, nobody wants to come to America. Walt's affiliation with Harvard tells most of his story, but there is more. His life started with a tragedy: his mother believed the porn film director...
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