Limits of US Government Power project

Limits of US Government Power

"I think there's a tendency on the part of policy makers and probably a tendency on the part of many Americans to think that the problems we face are problems that are out there somewhere, beyond our borders. And that if we can fix those problems, then we'll be able to continue the American way of life as it has long existed. I think it's fundamentally wrong. Our major problems are at home." Andrew J. Bacevich

Watch - Interview with Andrew J. Bacevich regarding The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.

Jimmy Carter speech July 15, 1976 - Malaise speech or Crisis of Confidence ( Listen to it)

Ronald Reagan - Morning in America - Morning in America 1984 ad

Evaluate the facts. Answer these questions

Can we or should we modify our way of life today in order to preserve that which we value most?

Can the United States or should the United States invest in controlling other countries around the world?

U.S. Economy Produces Fewer of World's Richest People

Richest Countries in the World

USA Debt Clock

Waving Goodbye to Hegemony PARAG KHANNA, New York Times Jan. 27, 2008

Emerging Economies and U.S. Hegemony

"There was a time, seventy, eighty, a hundred years ago, that we Americans sat here in the western hemisphere, and puzzled over why British imperialists went to places like Iraq and Afghanistan. We viewed that sort of imperial adventurism with disdain. But, it's really become part of what we do. Unless a President could ask fundamental questions about our posture in the world, it becomes impossible then, for any American President to engage the American people in some sort of a conversation about how and whether or not to change the way we live." Andrew J. Bacevich

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