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Michael Mandelbaum

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Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental. Michael Mandelbaum

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The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire. Michael Mandelbaum

Will Disappear Empire Because Does America American American Empire

American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world. Michael Mandelbaum

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The world needs a strong America. Michael Mandelbaum

Needs World Strong America

The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer. Michael Mandelbaum

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another. Michael Mandelbaum

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In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a single, simple reason: oil. Michael Mandelbaum

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The less oil the world uses, the less important the region that has so much of it becomes. Michael Mandelbaum

World Important Becomes Oil Region Much Less Uses

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. Michael Mandelbaum

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Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate. Michael Mandelbaum

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In the past, a blow to the international system's strongest power would have been welcomed by its rivals. In the wake of September 11, however, every significant government in the world declared its support for the United States. Michael Mandelbaum

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients. Michael Mandelbaum

Great Better Recipients Worse Make Riches Things

All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides. Michael Mandelbaum

Matter Policy Losses Gains

The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it. Michael Mandelbaum

Government Opportunity Responsibility Take Advantage Citizens Give Take Advantage

In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so. Michael Mandelbaum

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