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applegrove

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Sun Apr 28, 2024, 10:55 PM Apr 28

Is the Sun Slowly Setting on U.S. Power? [View all]

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Is the Sun Slowly Setting on U.S. Power?

April 28, 2024 at 7:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 150 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/28/is-the-sun-slowly-setting-on-u-s-power/

"SNIP.............

David Ignatius: “The United States might be stumbling toward a decline from which few great powers have ever recovered. It has many of the tools of national recovery but doesn’t yet have a shared recognition of the problem and how to fix it.”

“That’s not a quote from a MAGA or progressive leaflet. It’s a summary of a startling new study by Rand that was commissioned by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. It should serve as a loud wake-up call for America in this crucial election year.”

............SNIP"

Applegrove:

Only the Trump cult diminishes the American Government by making it less important than Trump. Making a democratic government, and its people who it represents, less important than a leader is fascism.

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we need " shared recognition", is TSF and MTG just a symptom or a permanent mindset? Shellback Squid Apr 28 #1
The few obscenely wealthy are only looking at the short term. harumph Apr 28 #2
Certainly no country can currently trust that agreements reached with the US will be honored Silent3 Apr 28 #3
We know Biden is good as his word. We adjusted quickly and happily applegrove Apr 29 #4
Yes, we do know Biden is trustworthy. But what we can't promise any other country is that Biden will remain President... Silent3 Apr 29 #6
The sun is setting on the planet Ponietz Apr 29 #5
USA is indespensable as the leader in good governance. applegrove Apr 29 #7
That's not saying much Ponietz Apr 29 #9
Why do you say the USA is not important to the free world? applegrove Apr 29 #10
What difference does it make? Ponietz Apr 29 #14
To the end that we have a vision for the world so that applegrove Apr 29 #15
Go ahead and misconstrue Ponietz Apr 29 #17
I am going to pass on the US model being exported to the EU. Celerity Apr 29 #11
Most of the world goes for Parliamentary systems of Democracy. applegrove Apr 29 #12
It is not just the lack of a proportional representation parliamentary system, I say hard pass because of Celerity Apr 29 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Apr 29 #16
that is not germane to any of my comments on this thread Celerity Apr 29 #18
You are correct. I got you confused with another person. I'm sorry. applegrove Apr 29 #20
All good! Celerity Apr 29 #23
"Slowly" ? Try "Rapidly". Yavin4 Apr 29 #8
US Hegemony is absolutely decreasing Metaphorical Apr 29 #19
Saudia Arabia may take over... step by step, inch by inch. IcyPeas Apr 29 #21
It used to be whichever country had the most assets, the most military, and no_hypocrisy Apr 29 #22
It's not ending slowly. If tsf wins, it ends instantly when we back Russia over Europe. lark Apr 29 #24
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