“As it dragged on, the Iraq War exposed as hollow any American aspirations to global hegemony. Left behind when U. S. troops finally withdrew was their reputation for military supremacy. Meanwhile as reports of prisoner abuse, torture, and the killing of noncombatants mounted, American moral confidence lost its luster.”

—  Andrew Bacevich

The Duplicity of the Idealogues: US Policy and Robert Kagan’s Fictive Narrative, 2014 July 11.

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