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I learned about American exceptionalism from Kathleen Parker (BDN, Feb. 2). At first, I thought she was talking about French existentialism, which is fine for the French, but apparently it means that our country is "uniquely qualified to lead the world."
Of course, this requires countries that are uniquely qualified to follow, but I couldn't think of any. And the phrase is so vague that you and I could say we agreed with it and I could be thinkingabout the body of music called jazz while you could be thinking about all the wars we think we've won, and we wouldn't have agreed about anything.See the full content of this document
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Qualified to Lead?
In order to lead in this world, a country...
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