Pity. It didn't have to be this way. This was suicide by stupidity. Death by a thousand nuts.
Or maybe it isn't such a pity. The American empire truly made some contributions to the world, but it's also truly a legitimate question as to whether those outweigh the destruction wrought.
It's fair to say that ours was a more benevolent empire than those of the past, but that is not necessarily to say that it was benevolent.
It may even be the case that we've been better at it that the Chinese will be.
But something tells me that we still won't be missed a lot.
Or maybe it isn't such a pity. The American empire truly made some contributions to the world, but it's also truly a legitimate question as to whether those outweigh the destruction wrought.
It's fair to say that ours was a more benevolent empire than those of the past, but that is not necessarily to say that it was benevolent.
It may even be the case that we've been better at it that the Chinese will be.
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