The US’s unique purpose is to set an example of freedom for the world. Unique because nobody else has ever done it. Ever, over about 8,000 years of civilization.
Pres. Reagan said the US was a city on a hill, which is a metaphor for this purpose.
I guess the article was too stupid for that to have been made clear.
6 posted on 07/26/2011 9:44:45 AM PDT by Shout Bits