[justshutupandtakeit]

Occasionally a serious piece is posted on FR. This is very interesting.

[Coop]

Occasionally? Heck, I get my fill every day.

[headsonpikes]

"...The Americans’ wars are revolutions, civil wars on the global scale. The goals of these wars are liberty, the destruction of slavery in all forms and shapes, and the independence of individuals and nations. In the mythology of America, wars reveal the ideals that as long as the nation is united, organized and willing to sacrifice all manpower and material power to achieve desired goals, the Americans can achieve whatever they want to achieve, can build many nations or reconstruct many societies, can speed up progress, and bring freedom and democracy to the world.”

Both the quoted scholar and the author of this fascinating article understand something that most observers do not - that America is a historically revolutionary power, which China only dreams of becoming.

Thanks for the ping - your posts were insightful, imho.