How to tell you live in an empire

Roger Cohen NY Times - One way to define Barack Obama’s foreign policy is as a Doctrine of Restraint. It is clear, not least to the Kremlin, that this president is skeptical of the efficacy of military force, wary of foreign interventions that may become long-term commitments, convinced the era of American-imposed solutions is over, and inclined to see the United States as less an indispensable power than an indispensable partner. He has, in effect, been talking down American power.

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald - How do you know your country is an empire? When the President who bombs 7 countries is accused of excess "restraint."