Rubio: West has become "ashamed" of what made it exceptional

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the West has lost confidence in the qualities that made it powerful, arguing that Western nations have become ashamed of their history, weakened their militaries and surrendered too much sovereignty to global institutions. "Today, too much of the West has forgotten this quality," he said Wednesday during an address before the Acropolis in Athens. "Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional." The secretary invoked the Ancient Greek concept of "thumos" — which he described as "the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride" — and said the West now faces a choice that will shape the next century. "The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world or resigns itself to a future of atrophy and servitude and decline," he said. "We will either choose to act now or lose the choice to act at all." #rubio #athens #thumos #west #cspan