bsmall2> ... no evidence for these propositions is given. None is needed, because they are considered true as a matter of definition. One might even take the position that in the special case of the United States, facts themselves are irrelevant. #HansMorgenthau, a founder of #RealistInternationalRelations theory, developed the standard view that the United States has a “transcendent purpose”:..
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