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Proverbially, on traces and sediments: It's less what you don't know that's a problem than what you know for certain—or pretend to—that's plain wrong.

Recall what catbird-seated Karl Rove (allegedly) told journalist Ron Suskind: “We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality." What happens when narrative über alles comes into kinetic contact with a renascent superpower on its border? We're seeing it, and it is a sorry and disturbing sight, like Titicut Follies in pricey suits and stylish scarves.

Are the Atlanticist institutions madness factories or finishing schools? Answer: trick question.

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