Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.
But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
–John Quincy Adams, July 4, 1821
But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
–John Quincy Adams, July 4, 1821
Wherever you are now, John Quincy Adams, you’ve got to be shaking your head at the news that the US and its allies have rushed into just the sort of foreign adventure you warned against.
The elected leaders of the US, France, Canada, the UK, Denmark, etc. are determined to go to Libya, “in search of monsters to destroy.”
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