Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, a frequent critic of the United States, said recent comments by President Barack Obama about American ‘exceptionalism’ had surprised him, given the country’s history of slavery. Obama termed the United States exceptional last month in a speech made when Washington was mulling military strikes on Syria for a chemical attack it blames on President Bashar al-Assad. The concept of American “exceptionalism” supposes a particular U.S, Toronto Sun informs.
