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Is America still a ‘city on a hill’? Russia  warns  US  about  exceptionalism By Michael Riley News  Editor
As  the  debate  over  involvement  in  Syria  continues,  the  question  of  whether  the  United  States  is  the  most  exceptional  country  has  sur- faced  again.   Yes,  said  President  Barack  Obama  who  touched  on  U.S.  ex- ceptionalism  in  his  Sept.  10  speech  on  what  the  response  to  chemical  weapons  attacks  should  be  in  Syria.   No,  responded  Russian  Presi- dent  Vladimir  Putin,  arguing  last  week  in  a  New  York  Times  op-Âed  stating  that  the  U.S.  should  not  at- tack  Syria  and  that  “it  is  extremely  dangerous  to  encourage  people  to  see  themselves  as  exceptional,  whatever  the  motivation.â€?  The  term  “American  Excep- tionalismâ€?  was  coined  by  Putin’s  long  gone  predecessor,  Joseph  Stalin.   In  1927,  an  American  com- munist,  Jay  Lovestone,  suggested  that  capitalism  was  so  advanced  in  America  that  it  would  stop  a  com- munist  revolution.   Stalin,  not  to  be  outdone,  said,  “the  heresy  of  Amer- ican  exceptionalismâ€?  and  uphold- ing  his  certainty  of  Marx’s  belief  of Â
the  success  of  the  proletariat.   Time  has  not  helped  Marx- ism.   Still,  the  underlying  question  is  being  asked  today:  Is  American  exceptionalism  a  vain  over  used  phrase  or  an  apparent  reality?   The  reactions  are  mixed.   Chair  of  the  College  Repub- licans,  Madeline  Walton,  said  the  one  of  the  biggest  problems  with  the  U.S.  citizens  is  that  many  of  them  are  politically  unaware.  She  said  the  country  needs  to  do  a  bet- ter  job  educating  people  politically,  but  also  said  they  should  care  more.   “Personally,  I  believe  that  our  country  has  its  À DZV EXW ZH GR Walton have  our  free- doms,â€?  Walton  said.  “The  amount  of  the  help  and  aid  we  provide  to  people  across  the  world  shows  that  GHVSLWH RXU Ă€ DZV ZH GR WU\ RXU EHVW at  helping.â€?  If  you  examine  opinion  polls,  the  attitudes  of  Americans  are  dis- tinct.   Pew  Reseach  Center  is  a  non- partisan  group  that  conducts  sur- veys  that  inform  the  public  about  the  issues,  attitudes  and  trends  shaping  America  and  the  world. One  question  asks  which  is Â
more  important,  freedom  “to  pur- spondents  to  agree  or  disagree  that  sue  life  without  state  interferenceâ€?  “success  in  life  is  determined  by  or  to  “state  guarantees  nobody  is  in  forces  outside  our  control.â€?  In  the  need.â€?   By  a  58  percent  to  35  per- Pew  Survey,  72  percent  agreed  in  cent  margin,  Americans  favored  Germany,  57  percent  in  France  and  freedom  over  security,  reported  by  50  percent  in  Spain. a  2011  Pew  survey.  By  contrast  only  36  percent  of  In  Europe,  opin- Americans  agreed,  even  though  ion  was  opposite.   in  2011  the  country  was  still  Germans  valued  in  the  Great  Recession,  protection  over  which  harmed  millions  and  freedom.   The  re- was  beyond  their  control. sults  were  similar  H i s t o r i c a l l y,  for  France,  Brit- the  founding  of  ain  and  Spain.   America  was  ex- Bean  “Klausâ€?  ceptional.   The  Liu  from  Man- United  States  chester,  England,  ZDV WKH Âż UVW QD who  is  studying  tion  in  the  world  biology,  said  his  to  take  individual  views  changed  liberties  into  a  gov- once  he  moved  to  ernment. the  U.S.  What  also  made  “I  believed  that  America  special  was  its  Americans  were  core  beliefs,  start- very  opinioned,â€?  .YHWOPJ I` 6SP]LY 4\UKH` Ă„ YZ[ ing  with  “all  men  Liu  said.    Once  I  published in The New York Times. are  created  equal.â€?  came  here,  I  learned  Because  of  the  they  were  still  opinioned  but  ev- founding,  most  Americans  have  eryone  is  so  nice  and  friendly.   You  considered  their  beliefs  and  country  guys  always  seem  to  handle  foreign  superior.  policy  situations  well,  but  when  What  infuriates  Putin  is  that  the  you  need  to  use  force  it  seems  a  bit  U.S.  has  used  this  sense  of  superi- excessive.   RULW\ DV DQ H[FXVH WR Ă€ H[ LWV PXVFOH Another  poll  question  asked  re- around  the  world.
Student-ÂRun  Weekly  Newspaper  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin-ÂWhitewater
Politcal  Science  Professor,  Ed- ward  Gimbel  said  that  the  American  values  like  equality  and  democracy  have  spread  abroad.   Foreign  ideals  have  spread  in  U.S.   Historically,  American  expceptionalism  is  not  something  new  but  it  the  attitude  of  the  majority  of  the  American  peo- ple,  Gimbel  said.   Americans  themselves  seem  increasingly  doubtful  about  excep- tionalism.   The  2011  Pew  survey  asked  Americans  “Our  people  are  not  perfect  but  our  culture  is  su- perior.�  Only  about  half  of  Americans  agreed,  about  the  same  as  Germany  and  Spain.   More  Gimbel importantly,  60  percent  of  Americans  50  and  over  agreed,  while  only  37  percent  of  those  age  18  to  29  did.   Nevertheless,  these  results  can  be  viewed  in  a  multitude  of  ways.   What  the  late  U.S.  president  once  said  remains  true,�  America  will  never  be  destroyed  from  the  outside.  If  we  falter  and  lose  our  freedom,  it  will  be  because  we  destroyed  our- selves.�  RileyMP30@uww.edu