Look at current encyclopedia articles covering these topics [0][1][2][3][4][5] and see for yourself what sort of facts are headed for the history books. Parent is being very gentle on our neoconservative, neocolonialist, fascist, disappointing legacy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisone...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus_in_the_United_St...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_St...