Rhetorical Question from Ronnie

At the end of World War II, one nation in the world had unprecedented power, had not suffered any damage to its industrial complex, had the greatest military force the world had ever seen put together, the United States. The rest of the world was war-weary. The United States also had the only bomb that had been
demonstrated. We had the atomic bomb, that great weapon. Now, the United States disarmed, the United States made no effort to impose its will on the rest of the nations. Can you honestly say in your heart that had the Soviet Union been in a comparable position with that bomb, or today's Red Chinese, in a position with
that bomb, and with that great military force, that the world would not today
have been conquered by that force? But this country did not.

From:

Town Meeting of the World: "The Image of America and the Youth of the World"

With Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Gov. Ronald Reagan
As Broadcast over the CBS Television Network and the CBS Radio Network
Monday, May 15, 1967, 10:00 - 11:00 pm. EDT
Charles Collingwood, Host

The aftermath:

As he was leaving the TV studio, Bobby growled at his aide Frank Mankiewicz, "Who the f--- got me into this??"

A Nation Divided

From the VP debate transcript:

EDWARDS: Thank you.

The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider.

Have you ever seen America more divided?

Not from the VP debate transcript:

CHENEY:  Senator Edwards,  I think that you'll find that America was more divided than it is now in the 1860s when Democrats from North Carolina were waging war on the United States in an attempt to keep people like Gwen Ifill enslaved."