A rare Lance sighting today...

...so I can bring you this, from Kathleen Parker:

...bin Laden wants to subjugate the world, while Petraeus leads men and women who want to release the world from subjugation. One fights for the submission of others; the other fights for their liberation.

You don't have to be an American exceptionalist to recognize that there is a difference. One is good, the other is not.

You don't have to be an American exceptionalist, but you do have to have at least a toe on this side of the reality line.