The Roman Empire pioneered war as a march of folly. And America is just the latest one to follow Rome’s primrose path. Only that explains it trying to build Afghanistan in its Jeffersonian image.
Meanwhile, 9/11 commemorations have become more like boring, ritualized Church services than the solemn occasions they once were.
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