{"id":10112,"date":"2014-06-23T21:33:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T01:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=10112"},"modified":"2014-06-23T21:33:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T01:33:54","slug":"andrew-bacevich-the-end-of-american-exceptionalism-billmoyers-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/23\/andrew-bacevich-the-end-of-american-exceptionalism-billmoyers-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bacevich: The End of American Exceptionalism | BillMoyers.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extended Interview: Andrew Bacevich<br \/>\nJune 20, 2014<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Web Extra: Chaos in Iraq\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98687958?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/2014\/06\/22\/why-us-hard-power-failed-in-iraq-and-elsewhere-bill-moyers\/\" title=\"Why US hard power failed in Iraq and elsewhere | Bill Moyers \" target=\"_blank\">broadcast interview<\/a>, Bill continued his conversation with military historian Andrew Bacevich about what America should do in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Bacevich draws parallels between the current Iraqi crisis and the Vietnam War, discusses our evolving relationship with Iran and challenges neoconservatives for their take on US foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy reading [of history] is of course there is evil in the world that needs to be taken into account and some time must be confronted,\u201d Bacevich tells Moyers. \u201cBut let\u2019s not kid ourselves: In somehow imagining that the United States represents all that is good and virtuous, we, ourselves, have committed many sins. 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