Superpower-gate

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omg, Obama said, "whether we like it or not." :wow:

I'm confident that quotes will emerge that will expose the hypocrisy in the outrage to this quote.

That clause by Obama sounds completely familiar to me, it's the myth that nearly every politician subscribes to. The hawks love it the most.

The myth is America as the "reluctant superpower" or the "reluctant empire." We don't want to go around the world engaging in all these actions, but we have to. We didn't go out and seek greatness, we had greatness thrust upon us. By history, or by God, or whatever.

Any of this sound familiar? Well, it's identical to what Obama said. I looked around a little for quotes from Reagan, etc. saying we don't dig being a superpower. I haven't found any yet, but like I said it sounds so familiar I'm confident some will turn up. It actually seems pretty Reaganesque. Reagan didn't go around saying, hey were a superpower isn't it great, did he? In public, I mean?