“The sooner the United States starts behaving like one country among many, rather than a global bully, the better the prospects for peace on earth become. The irony is that the post-9/11 bellicosity of the Bush Administration has been so extreme that in the long run it may lead more directly to a world with a common aversion to wars and empires.

If we’re willing, much of the rest of the world is ready. It’s in our hands.” —Geov Parrish, AlterNet