THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (George D. O’Neill Jr.) - Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire
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Foreign Affairs Some Shattering Illusions of Our Declining Empire Americans are waking up to ugly truths. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Now that the lofty 250th-anniversary rhetoric about the greatness of our country has faded, it is time to face the reality of our country’s actual behavior. The U.S. fashions itself as a generous and benevolent world leader enforcing the “rules-based order”—a deceptive construct used by globalist elites to bully other countries. The rules are arbitrarily changed to suit the bullies and are regularly fashioned into pretexts for military action against uncooperative nations.…Open