shake you down here's another story i found this interesting because it was from the guardian simon jenkins wrote this and it's really kind of fascinating because it's more mainstream media so this is what he's looking at what is happening in iraq and iran and all this conflict going on and he says donald trump's rant against iran is the how of a dying empire all empires stay there declared purpose let alone their welcome all and messily the operative word is all be they roman napoleonic british or soviet all are vanquished not by superior power but by self-delusion and geography the british empire had neither the right nor the need to invade far flung parts of asia in africa. it was defeated by them the u.s. has claimed the right to intervene in theaters as diverse as south america the far east east africa and a portfolio of muslim states justification varies from retaliation and deterrence to self-defense and the instilling of democracy again this is something that you and i have talked about for 10 years we're saying it's not just uniquely american it's happened to every empire before an