The US is your know-it-all friend who should just keep his mouth shut
October 3, 2016 The Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Exaggerating threats to the United States and downplaying the high cost of reckless intervention have become the daily bread of countless lobbyists, pundits, and politicians. Many would be out of work if we accepted the reality that our country is strong and safe. In the gloriously isolated Washington hothouse, there is no penalty for failure."