When reading these three essays i found it hard to draw a connection at first. However, after thinking about them for a little bit of time I found that the only essay that expressed the "promise of america" as we know it was the very first essay, which i agree with the others was more of a promotional speech for GM than an inspirering speech. In this speech he talks about some of the values of American's that has placed the country ahead of all others.
In former president Jimmy Carter's essay he writes about how America's reasons for going to war do not make it a just war. His final sentence, "will enhance our status as a champion of peace and war." makes me think of how America percieves itself as a nation. We do indeed as Wagoner states think of our country as number one, and as Carter states the champion of all nations.
However, the last essay goes into something that we as Americans should be ashamed of. The torture of captured peoples by american soilders. Clearly this and the fact that we engaged in a war that is unjust is a reminder that America or Americans are not as great has it or we percieve ourselves to be.
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