Subject: Re: US largest "state sponsor of wrongful detenti
Reagan used to get misty while relating stories of how USians used to be universally respected around the world. ...of course, he could be confusing that with a movie he saw somewhere. That had happened before.
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Agreed and your words resonate with me.

*but* i also learned on TMF ---that "American Exceptionalism" stuff is just jingoistic nonsense.

So be it.