[Captain Kirk]

Source? Bets don't have footnotes. If you disagree, lay down your money.

[Captain Kirk]

Finally, we have a philosophical disagreement. I subscribe to the George Washington/Tom Jefferson view that we should not try run other countries. We objected to British rule on principle. We have no right to complain if other countries object to American rule. Ameica was supposed to be a republic, not an empire, even a benevolent one.