The New Critic
The American foreign affairs establishment seems finally to have gotten worried about the antics of the Boy Emperor.
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The American foreign affairs establishment seems finally to have gotten worried about the antics of the Boy Emperor.
The United States no longer has the capability to remain a global hegemon, and to pretend otherwise is to invite disaster.
As Congress and Obama wrangle over the cost of much-needed domestic expenditures, no one suggests that closing some of these unpopular, expensive imperial enclaves might be a good way to save some money.
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