Magic mirror in my hand, who is the darkest in the land?

The United States is a kettle of fish totally different from other countries.

But it is one thing to believe the US prides itself on its "founding principles" and another to presume that successive generations of American leaders have "risen to the challenge of protecting and furthering" those "founding principles, and defeating existential threats to our liberties".

Surprisingly, that is exactly what retired Navy Captain James E. Fanell, a former director of Intelligence and Information Operations for the US Pacific Fleet, wants us to swallow hook, line and sinker.