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However, as long as the US refer to itself as a democratic free country, it doesn’t matter how powerful they are, they will always need the general consent of a population which is not precisely very fond of imperialism.

So when it comes to convince them, it is when propaganda and the exaltation of the American exceptionalism ideology have a decisive importance for the elites. Dwight D.

Eisenhower warned the U.S. in 1961, now it is too late: At this moment the US is the country which expends the most in the military (even during times of financial crisis); the military industrial complex now is too big and lucrative to be stopped.

They are going to keep selling arms and expanding American bases around the world and particularly in the Middle East because it’s geo-strategic position and its natural resources.

The US is exceptional in the way that they can commit war crimes and overthrow democratically elected governments but none can do so or blame the US