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I once proposed this same ‘thought experiment’ some decades back to a good friend who had sincere concerns about the role of the United States in the Cold War. My response: first imagine the world without the United States, then imagine the world without the Soviet Union — which would you prefer? Little did I imagine that the Soviet Union would indeed disappear within my lifetime and without a nuclear war.
One seeks in vain throughout history to find another country that, like the United States, has spent so much of its resources — including our most precious one, the blood of our men and women — to bring freedom, peace, and prosperity to other nations, asking nothing in return but (in Colin Powell’s famous quote) “enough land to bury our dead.”
God bless America, indeed; no one else has the grace and gratitude to do so. ..bruce..
Category: Geopolitics, Main