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Entry: The Death of American Empire Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_death_of_american_empire#1680 Post contents: Mr. FoSquare's citation of the functionally illiterate Henry Ford does hit the edge of the target. History is too much fun to be mostly bunk, though many interpretations do have a high buncombe content. Reading various accounts, including ones with which one instinctively disagrees, and deciding for oneself is the best way to go about it. Washington's rejection of entangling alliances was commonsense enlightenment when the United States was [not were] materially self- sufficient, militarily weak, and enjoyed thousands of miles' worth of saltwater insulation with no Atlantic cables to disturb our domestic tranquillity. Sad to say, things have changed since then. What the answer is I don't know, but it's easy to identify things which aren't. Such as so-called neoconservatism. Sent at: 2008 05 11