by Steve McCann, American Thinker:
A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. Can this nation avoid a similar fate?
Empires are defined as great military and economic powers encompassing large occupied or controlled land areas. Although they vary greatly, they average around 250 years in duration. The United States will be celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026.
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I suppose there is some sort of deep dramatic irony that today is Memorial day in the USA, and that I should be writing a blog about a very strange story coming out of Peru last week. Memorial day, for those outside the USSA, is the day traditionally set aside for people to honor the military and especially those who lost their lives defending the country. The irony for me is that while I have no doubt that my father, an uncle, and my two grandfathers did their time in the service in the two World Wars, and did so in good faith that they were indeed “defending freedom,” the irony now is I rather suspect they would all be looking at the state of the country today, and wondering why they did.
