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It can be argued the U.S. has been a "bird dog state.""Locked on" in global conflict for decades with enemies of choice, bad guys who have challenged it, who repress their peoples, and have leaders wearing funny clothes.
A militarized state with vast overseas troop deployments -- whose diplomacy sometimes seems forever habitually locked in "Play It Again Sam."
A country used to pushing others around, used to getting its way.
America, a country with lots of military power, a wonderful capacity to make quirky extremist enemies.
A country which defines the world into good guys and bad guys.
A country which never forgets.
Perhaps it began with the crusade to destroy Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.A country which defines the world into good guys and bad guys.
A country which never forgets.
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Sustained by forty years of Cold War with the Soviet Union.
In sustained confrontation with China from 1949 to 1971. Moderated conflict to 1979,
"At war" with North Korea from 1950 to the present.
"At war" with Iran from 1979 to the present.
"At war" with Castro's Cuba from 1959 to the present.
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Oh, it did not work with Vietnam.
The Vietnamese defeated the U.S.
It seemed to work in Iraq -- at a cost.
Now, will it work in Afghanistan?
Stay tuned.
"As the World Turns," does the U.S.?
The Vietnamese defeated the U.S.
It seemed to work in Iraq -- at a cost.
Now, will it work in Afghanistan?
Stay tuned.
"As the World Turns," does the U.S.?
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