“But Clinton?
W?
Obama?
Biden?”
“Something is seriously wrong with our political class.”
John Mearsheimer agrees with you. He lumps them together as the bipartisan “Global Dominance” wing of American politics. They shared/share a vision of America dominating the world after the fall of the USSR as if we are the modern Rome. Other countries aren’t real happy with that plan.
I’m not familiar with Mearsheimer. I might have to look into him.
I wouldn’t be completely opposed to an American politician who loved our Constitution, our heritage of rugged individualism, limited government, personal freedom, and respect for the marketplace. If such American ideas were to dominate the world, then billions could benefit.
I don’t know how Mearsheimer sees it, but I look at the current American political class, and while they may seek power and dominance on a global scale, I do not think Bushes, Clintons, Obamas, Bidens, and others have any love for true American values.
Their vision of “America dominating the world” is certainly not mine.