[iconoclast]

The example of Rome, in short, is an apt one,

Very true, but not quite for the reasons this fellow cites.

The old right takes solace in the fact that our own cultural decay was/is well along before the thirst for empire set in.

[headsonpikes]

;^) bump.

[William McKinley]

Actually, at the end of the article, he makes the point that the real threat to Rome is similar to one we face now, namely forgetting who we are and why we are who we are and as such losing who we are.

But the talk over thirst for an empire is just silliness. There is no such thing.