[joshuajill]

Exceptionalism is a sad counter argument to this perspective. Didn't the US just recently sanctioned top magistrates investigating US war crimes?

[na85]

I made exactly zero appeals to exceptionalism.

The period of relative peace in which we live is called the Pax Americana because it's primarily driven by US military hegemony and there's no escaping that fact.

For what it's worth, I'm not American.