[xzins]

America should not seek an empire. It should seek instead to proselytize other nations to become real democracies.

[u-89]

America should not seek an empire. It should seek instead to proselytize other nations to become real democracies.

Right. There is a big differece between a shinning city on a hill being an example to the world and forcing "enlightenment" with a phalanx of bayonets.