You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good.

A character on stage who can present no convincing argument or information as to his past experience, his present behaviour or his aspirations, nor give a comprehensive analysis of his motives, is as legitimate and as worthy of attention as one who, alarmingly, can do all these things.

Many Americans, we know, are horrified by the posture of their government but seem to be helpless.

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