Playing Mind Games

I was reading an article that tries to describe what historians are telling kids today that will explain our new role. Some are calling it exceptionalism which relates to the fact that America has and is always different and has a unique role to play in society.
I think that sounds so distorted, it rings of fascism. How about imperialist or globalist or bullying as a fit description.
My friends in education tell me that education has changed since I was involved and that believe it or not, educators havetended to become very conservative. When you start raving about ideas like "exceptionalism" or trying to fit certain new words to describe our militaristic unilateralism with a globalist twist and propaganda overtones, these history professors should really sit back and take stock of the kind of lies they are spreading along with the way they are rationalizing actions. More than anything else, our flitting around the edges with concepts that do not relate to what we've become is worrisome and demonstrates a kind of irrationality that doesn't befit this once great land; in fact, all it does is accentuate the fact that we have moved away from the role of moderator, mediator, conciliator, or our perceived role serving as a kind of balancing gravity that oscillates around equilibrium to bring all of those extremist states back to semblance of rationality. We have lost our objective viewpoint; the truth is the that wehave veered from our historical role and have substituted the export of our views militaristically around the globe instead of serving as a positive example of democracy, equality, and freedom that has been inspiring much of the world for two hundred years.
It's too bad that we can veer so far off target and still think we are identified with the traditional values of democracy.
Perhaps the term deluded and soon to be debunked now better describe us to the rest of the world.

les aaron