American Myopia: The View from Abroad

[45th Med]

“The course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others,” declared President Bush in his 2003 State of the Union speech. Such a bald assertion of American arrogance is not surprising, coming from a man whose worldview has been termed “messianic militarism.” But this was one of Bush’s biggest applause lines, which I find discouraging. Can we voice a more attractive alternative to this jingoistic patriotism?

American Myopia

[MasonJar]

1. Just remember there were a lot of Repugs there. It is totally em-

barrassing to at least half of America to have this half-wit representing us to the world.