I agree to a certain extent in the sense that 'America' for them is inseparable from their vision of liberal imperialism.
Now liberal imperialism may occasionally be justified when it serves American interests and the cost is low, but otherwise you're stuck withdrawing if the costs get too high (never a good thing for a great power), or killing most of the brutes (which seems to negate the reason for intervening in the first place).
Bush screwed the pooch by turning a war of necessity into an episode of liberal imperialism.
Right, and I’m not interested in any more ‘liberal imperialist’ adventurism. America’s gained nothing from it.
Not to mention we can’t even keep our own nation and its institutions firmly grounded in liberal mores and practice.
(Liberal as in, the real ‘classical’ sense of the word of course—not the Progressive stuff masquerading as ‘liberal’)
“Bush screwed the pooch by turning a war of necessity into an episode of liberal imperialism.”
I fail to see why the Iraq war was a necessity. Saudi Arabia was responsible for 9/11. Bush went after Saddam because Saddam tried to have his daddy killed.
Neither Gulf war was necessary. Iraq invading Kuwait was not our problem. We were just a proxy army for our Saudi masters.