[Heldentat]

Yes, it's quaint. The basic problem is one of morale. After 9-11 the US has the resolve to do what its destiny demands that it do what it should have done many years ago.

Machiavelli understood the basic nature of states - they must expand, whether it be physically or in some other measurable way, or they will perish. We must cease being squeamish when contemplating this political constant.

[lugsoul]

"the US has the resolve to do what its destiny demands that it do what it should have done many years ago."

Conquer the world and remake it in our image?

If that is what "conservatives" want, I've got to find another identifier.

[atlaw]

The basic problem is one of morale. After 9-11 the US has the resolve to do what its destiny demands that it do[--]what it should have done many years ago.

Machiavelli understood the basic nature of states - they must expand, whether it be physically or in some other measurable way, or they will perish. We must cease being squeamish when contemplating this political constant.

I have to say, this one-ups the pie-eyed Wilsonian democrats, and goes straight into Napoleonic delusion.