Not Dominion, But Liberty:
"America was founded in opposition to empire. The Declaration of Independence was a manifesto against colonialism. And the founding generations abhorred imperialism.
Their opposition to empire was not merely rooted in their own bitter experience. It was, as well, rooted in a faith that American freedoms and democracy would suffer in the nation embarked upon a career of empire."
A-hem...is this thing on?
No-one, no-one is blinder, that he, who will not see