| The biggest issue we Europeans have with the american exceptionalism are the implications on foreign politics. Victoria Nuland giving cookies at the Maidan square and appointing the post Yanukovich government? US can. Paying italian Mafia to kill socialist workers in Italy? US can. Having US drunk air force peoppe kill 30 civillians in Italy because they wanted to see how low they coukd fly and sending them back home without charges? US can. Toppling governments, supporting and funding coups in half the world? US can. Military actions around the world against UN, which include bs wars like Iraq? US can. Spying on all the world,including the german chancellor, inserting back doors in routers, processors and civilian infrastructure? US can. US exceptionalism is a dangerous thinking, and what is more worrying is how openly US leaders talk about it. I vividly remember a 4th july speech by Obama with a 10 minutes rant on how US is exceptional and can do things other can't. |