Mr. Worthington has had a good run. But there comes a time when the decent thing to do is fold the tent.
An excruciatingly lame defense of the American Empire recently makes this more than obvious.
Peter asks himself a question. Then he gets an answer!
Then he writes an opinion piece about the experience.
Dude, it's time to step away from the Underwood.
Peter came of age in an era when the Empire stood for something. Even Peter must admit that the America of WWll is not the America of today. During WWll and Korea, it was at least plausible that the Empire had enemies, and that we would all be better off if those enemies were vanquished.
Half a century later, what is obvious is that America has absolutely no challengers on the global stage. Who is threatening the US with embargoes or sanctions or quarantines? Who is cruising their battleships off America's coasts? Who is overflying America with their drones?
Nobody.
The world has changed, Mr. Worthington. And America has changed.
The America you fought for in Korea now officially employs torture and allows it's own citizens to be executed by presidential decree.
No trial, no due process. Is this the America you fought for?
No. It sounds more like the totalitarians you were fighting against.
You've had a good run, but the world you're writing about isn't the real world anymore.
Time to fold the tent.
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