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April 18, 2012

No Alternative to American Leadership

Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

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There is no reason we cannot continue to exercise global leadership - and every reason why we must continue to do so. Post-1945 Britain could cede the mantle gracefully to the U.S., confident that we would champion the same liberal values. To whom can the U.S. possibly pass power today? China? Russia? Iran? The question answers itself: there is no alternative to American leadership.

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