"The inability to acknowledge this changing reality, in fact, is the ultimate sign that for all the rhetoric to the contrary, the United States government does see itself as running an empire. Such intransigence and hubris, after all, have defined the decline of empires into the very chaos they so fear. Perhaps the only way to halt such a decline is to finally admit we are an empire -- and then take the necessary steps to start shedding that label for good..."
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:03:56 +0000