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ORIGINAL: cloudboy
Jim DeMint looks like a blind patriot. Talk of exceptionalism post IRAQ, Afghanistan, and the Great Recession should be toned down. We've also had our foot in many other debacles: Iranian coup, Chilean coup, Guatemalan coup, arming sociopaths in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the bay of pigs, and Vietnam.
On the plus side are WWII, Yugoslavia, and the first Gulf war. Two of these involved a broad coalition of allies, and Yugoslavia was suppported by most of Europe.
When we went it alone things usually turned out poorly.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri


The way "exceptional" is being used doesn't mean "better," but different from the rest. At the time of our Founding, we were the exception to the rule of governance being top down. That's the point of American Exceptionalism.
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
The way "exceptional" is being used doesn't mean "better," but different from the rest. At the time of our Founding, we were the exception to the rule of governance being top down. That's the point of American Exceptionalism.
nce b

If this rather romantic view of American Exceptionalism was ever valid, it has long since been made redundant by events elsewhere, as virtually all of Europe, Australasia and the rest of the American continent(s) have become democratic. A lot of Asia and Africa too.
In short, if "[t]hat's the point of American Exceptionalism", it now pointless.

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

I doubt that Putin is bothered by anything Jim DeMint says.
He's the president of Russia, he's a martial arts expert, former head of the KGB, hunter, outdoorsman, ladie's man, wait a minute,...he could be (one of) the most interesting men in the world.
So what do we have,...ERKEL riding his bike!

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
My point is if your interpretation of American Exceptionalism is the correct one, the idea of American Exceptionalism is of historical interest only.
It makes me wonder what people like the American Enterprise Institute and others are talking about when they invoke the term and apply it to today's USA in today's world. Their understanding and use of the term must be different to yours.
If your view is valid then the AEI's and other's use of the term these days must be invalid, mustn't it?

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

I doubt that Putin is bothered by anything Jim DeMint says.
He's the president of Russia, he's a martial arts expert, former head of the KGB, hunter, outdoorsman, ladie's man, wait a minute,...he could be (one of) the most interesting men in the world.
So what do we have,...ERKEL riding his bike!

Don't you mean Putin is a vicious thug, murderer, torturer and all around scumbag?

The rights sudden love of this piece of filth is truly amazing.