America ‘Past its Zenith’
This analysis is right in as many ways as it’s wrong. It is true that that the rest of the world will enthusiastically and euphorically celebrate virtually every Democrat and pragmatically and competently thinking and acting, non-illuminated Republican for a long time to come; In contrast to all the widespread whining, the love of America is at least as widespread and deeply-rooted around the world as anti-Americanism. It isn’t only in Europe where an overwhelming majority of people are happier if there is a U.S. President they can extol and trust. It’s also true that the United States, measured by its military, political and economic influence, remains by far the leading power in the world. It is the only one capable of acting in all three of these areas and thus exert its influence around the world.
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Bullshit. This is wishful thinking on the part of Europeans, who are projecting their own weakness and irrelevance onto America.
Europe hasn’t and obviously will never learn from its own past of appeasing evil.
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“the love of America is at least as widespread and deeply-rooted around the world as anti-Americanism. ”
……..is such a broad, overreaching statement that it can barely be understood.
Let’s not confuse an interest in or fascination by with love. It’s pop culture exports are as much hated as loved, and the admiration caused by its business know-how is being dispersed among other nations, most notably China. Its edge in innovative technology has new rivals, as well.
At any rate, love has little to do with it. A prominent feature, I would say is envy, which gives rise to resentment and a wish to knock the super power down to eye level or lower.
So, yes, the world has changed and the clock can’t be turned back.
The Clintons, having graduated from kindergarden, know this full well, I think.
The Democrats’ popularity abroad, however, can give the US a chance to reach the first rung on the road to recovery. A recovery of meaningful magnitude is a long-term project, a very long term project. No one should have illusions about that.
No one should have any illusions about returning to the way things were, either, no matter which party is in power.