The Curse Of The American Cassandras — Stephen Kinzer

For nearly two centuries, Cassandras in the United States have warned that lording over the weak in faraway lands would serve as a rehearsal for doing the same at home. If we take every distant challenge as a threat, and respond with bristling shows of force, we condition ourselves to react the same way when our own people challenge official power. If we care little about “collateral damage” that results from our operations abroad, it’s logical not to care much about it at home either. American power has often been a knee on the neck of foreign countries.

Actually, the more appropriate image is a boot on the throat. That hasn't happened yet domestically (no massacres). So far, it's just a knee on the neck. But the US is on the slippery slope.

This short post is a powerful indictment of a liberal political system gone bad.

The American Conservative
The Curse Of The American Cassandras

Stephen Kinzer, former foreign correspondent and bureau chief for The New York Times

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