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In Defense of American Exceptionalism

By Troy Senik
Thursday, October 31 2013

All you need to know about the political inclinations of film director Oliver Stone is the following: He’s currently busying himself by publicly advancing Vladimir Putin’s agenda. In September, Secretary of State John Kerry, in an attempt to emphasize American resolve against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria, said that the only way military action against the country could be avoided was if Assad turned over all of his chemical weapons. Noting the potential liability, Kerry’s own State Department dismissed the statement as rhetorical hyperbole within the day. That didn’t…

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