Even ivory towers need central heating.
I came, I saw, I was confused.
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable.
The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.
You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real.