After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made

by Ben Rhodes

Instead, after 9/11 we made the mistake of going abroad to look for new demons to confront. The Cold War that needs to be won is now at home, a battle between people who live in the reality of the world as it is and people who are choosing to live in a false reality made up of base white supremacist grievances and irrational conspiracy theories—and seeking to impose it on the rest of us.

You have to look squarely at the darkest aspects of what America is in order to fully, truly love what America is supposed to be.