Tomgram: Engelhardt, What Happened to War?

This recently in from Colin Bradley.  To me a very fine piece on the state of the world and the U.S. as seen from an American's point of view.   Engelhardt's  articles are always worth reading.   I wonder if anyone in the current administration or the plethora of candidates for president are aware of his analysis of what we in this world best be aware of  -  and hopefully be able to do something about!  - Fritz

Tomgram: Engelhardt, What Happened to War?
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The Superpower Conundrum
The Rise and Fall of Just About Everything
By Tom Engelhardt

The rise and fall of great powers and their imperial domains has been a central fact of history for centuries. It’s been a sensible, repeatedly validated framework for thinking about the fate of the planet. So it’s hardly surprising, when faced with a country once regularly labeled the “sole superpower,” “the last superpower,” or even the global “hyperpower” and now, curiously, called nothing whatsoever, that the “decline” question should come up. Is the U.S. or isn’t it? Might it or might it not now be on the downhill side of imperial greatness?

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