Commentary | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Jan 30, 2012

Aggression born of American 'exceptionalism'

by Hiroaki Sato

I thought American exceptionalism was debunked and dying. I was wrong. Most recently, American exceptionalism jumped to the political fore at the start of this century. It did so with a swagger, ironically, because of the 9/11 attacks. In his speech that night, President ...