How to pronounce “benight” in English

that the United States had a providential mission in the world.And it was to spread its influence and its wisdom to all the benighted peoples who were not wise enough to see that the American way of lifewas destined to take over the whole world.

Because that is where I used to work, where I was one of the people making decisions about other people's countries, decisions about which today Ifeel great shame, in particular, sanctions on Iraq, which did enormous damage to the Iraqi people long before the US, UK invaded that benighted country.So that is the story, if you like, of Independent Diplomat, the organization.