George Washington was right then and now.
B-b-b-b-b-but the world has changed since George Washington, and it's imperative that our principles change to keep up with the times! It's the liberal, progressive thing to do!
George Washington was right then and now.
Dubious, unless you believe that communism is historically inevitable, rather than a perversion of human society. I reject that Marxian notion of the dialectic, but plenty of non-Marxists apparently believe in it.
The Soviets couldn't manage their empire as it was. If we hadn't opposed, their domain would have been larger and even more unmanageable. Not injecting ourselves into every third-world bush war does not mean we would have necessarily weakened our position.
George Washington was right then and now.
Which ones? Honest question. I'm admittedly not a big history buff but I'm unaware of any countries or empires which have thrived for hundreds of years unchanged.
Today, we can speak in terms of hegemony; but there aren't any empires.
Rome lasted 1000 years, but once its citizens got lazy and became more enamored of bread and circuses than defending it, it fell to more vigorous "barbarians".
Sometimes an empire gets too big to control and collapses into revolution; sometimes an empire doesn't have enough resources to maintain its empire (Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia come to mind). Sometimes cultural differences drive an empire asunder (China has witnessed this many times). Sometimes, it's poor leadership at a critical time. Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal all ended up relinquishing vast portions of their empires in order to survive; but they can't be called "empires" anymore - with the possible exception of Great Britain, which maintains the fiction of empire (because Queen Elizabeth II is still styled "monarch" of something like 70 countries) although it can barely rule itself and Wales.
In South America, the Aztecs and Incas had empires but they disappeared behind the veil of history.
Today, we can speak in terms of hegemony; but there aren't any empires.
What is 6 supposed to be? Thimbles? Shots of tequila?