And what happens when the US decides that Hitler and Mussolini are actually pretty great guys, and that fascism must spread through Europe whether by "persuasion or force" (1); or that a democratically elected leader must be replaced by a brutal military dictatorship (2); or redefines "threat to national security" to mean any country that interferes with the US's "uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies, and strategic resources" (3); and that "economic nationalism" (i.e: any other nation's right to profit from its own natural resources) must be "eliminated at all costs" (4). What then?

It's astounding how strong the propaganda machine is, and how ignorant of their own whitewashed history even some of the most educated Americans are.

Though it's not unprecedented: just a century ago, the world's most brilliant minds supported (and helped) Germany in the first and second world wars (e.g: the design of chemical weapons)... only five scientists signed an anti-war petition (led by Einstein), while the rest cheered on this new, "more civilized" age of warfare.

Nobody elected the USA world police. If it wishes to aid in peacekeeping, it is free to do so within the confines of international law.

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1) http://amzn.com/080781766X

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...; and almost every other country in South america: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_f...

3) http://fas.org/man/docs/qdr/sec3.html

4) http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/1945-02-26a.html