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Many citizens of the United States, however, defend the historical role of the US against allegations of imperialism. This is especially common among prominent mainstream political figures{{Fact|date=April 2008}}; former [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], for example, has said: "We don't seek empires. We're not imperialistic. We never have been."<ref>{{cite news | author=Bookman, Jay | title=Let's just say it's not an empire | url=http://www.dailykos.net/archives/003167.html | publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date = [[June 25]], [[2003]]}}</ref>
Rumsfeld's staement is seen by every thinking person on the planet as a load of bull crap.
Stuart Creighton Miller states that this more patriotic interpretation is no longer heard very often by historians.<ref>Miller (1982), op. cit. p. 136.</ref>
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