El Senor Chomsky

Nails it again with his latest piece of essential writing about the so-called “core American values” and “moral authority” claimed for and by the United States since its founding: “Unexceptional Americans.” The shorter version with the longer title — “Why We Can’t See the Trees or the Forest: The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia” — is lopped in half, so read the full-length original (including Tom Engelhardt’s intro). It’s worth the time.
Postscript: May 24 — Here’s Chomsky’s final version, posted today on his Web site.