Geoffrey O'Neill

Geoffrey O’Neill is a former Marine officer, Vietnam veteran, former business owner, and unexceptional American citizen who believes in the right of all people to live in peace and with dignity with their families. Geoffrey can be reached at [email protected]

How American Exceptionalism is Used to Sell War

Americans are taught that they are intellectually, socially, economically, and morally superior to any other people on earth. We believe that we place a higher value on life than others do.

Geoffrey O'Neill
بواسطة Geoffrey O'Neill
A pickup truck with a rear window decorated in the theme of the American flag and Statue of Liberty, sits in the parking lot in Manchester, N.H. (AP/David Goldman)

Americans are expected from birth to believe in the notion of U.S. superiority over other peoples in other nations. The daily school ritual of pledging allegiance to the flag and playing the national anthem at sporting events—whether the Super Bowl or a neighborhood swim meet—is a given. Americans are taught that they are intellectually, socially,

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