#26 Manifest Destiny Wasn't
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David Frum: Manifest Destiny is a curious doctrine from American history. He says it reverberates across generations, right up to today in our current debates about culture and politics. "It was not necessary and it certainly wasn't a destiny," he says.Frum: We can make probabilistic judgments given the factors that are operative of the time. But even at the time, it wasn't anything close to necessary."
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