One nation among many - The NIC's grim reading
The National Intelligence Council (collection of all US intelligence resources) issued a report which predicts a bleak, less American-centric future world by 2025. (AP/AFP/BBC/WaPo)
It's pretty much what you would guess, conflicts over resources, climate change, increased instability, multipolar world, greater likelihood of WMD use, rise of China, etc., but still an attention getter.
To the broader point, this is why I've always objected to the Bush/Neocon foreign policy.
As example, The premise of the Project for a New American Century was that the US could parlay its temporary military advantages into a permanent world hegemony.
The smarter move, like that taken by Bush Sr. and Clinton, was to use our temporary position of power to construct a world system of alliances, trade deals, and legal frameworks that would benefit the US as it recedes to be, once again, a nation among nations.
The Bush administration tore up all that work on the crazy neocon theory that they could hold back the tides of history.
When I say, "worst president ever," I really mean it.
It's pretty much what you would guess, conflicts over resources, climate change, increased instability, multipolar world, greater likelihood of WMD use, rise of China, etc., but still an attention getter.
To the broader point, this is why I've always objected to the Bush/Neocon foreign policy.
As example, The premise of the Project for a New American Century was that the US could parlay its temporary military advantages into a permanent world hegemony.
The smarter move, like that taken by Bush Sr. and Clinton, was to use our temporary position of power to construct a world system of alliances, trade deals, and legal frameworks that would benefit the US as it recedes to be, once again, a nation among nations.
The Bush administration tore up all that work on the crazy neocon theory that they could hold back the tides of history.
When I say, "worst president ever," I really mean it.
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