The religious dimension of colonization in New England is what makes it unique, and what makes later American imperial expansion so difficult for many Europeans to understand. The first New Englanders were convinced that their interests were Gods interests. The terror inflicted on Mystic was Gods holy terror; the muskets that poured death on to native women and children were Gods guns. Ethnic cleansing may no longer be a part of American Imperialism, but American presidents still see themselves as firing the guns of God. Speaking of the invasion of Iraq nearly four centuries later, President Bush II expressed the spirit of Mystic when he proclaimed, it is not America which wants to free the peoples of the world. It is Jesus Christ who wants to free them. -Empires Apart: A History of American and Russian Imperialism by Brian Landers God I love me some depressing history books
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