A LINE OF white-painted moorings in Pearl Harbour—the old “Battleship Row”—traces the history of America’s participation in the second world war. At one end a memorial straddles the sunken remains of the, a battleship destroyed during Japan’s surprise attack on December 7th 1941; most of the 1,177 sailors who perished on board remain entombed in the wreck. At the other end, thelooms above the tree-line with its imposing 16-inch guns.
Echoes of the interwar years are multiplying. Many countries are suffering from a pandemic, economic malaise and political discontent. Conflicts loom. In Europe a revanchist power, Russia, rather than Nazi Germany, is massing troops and menacing a neighbour—Ukraine. In Asia a rising power, China rather than imperial Japan, is arming for a possible invasion—of Taiwan. It is seeking to displace the United States in the name of Asia for Asians.
But America’s ability to jaw-jaw depends, at least to an extent, on its stomach for war-war. Hawkish strategists have long believed that America must be able and willing to use force not just in one conflict at a time but in several at once. But mainstream foreign-policy thinkers increasingly argue that America can no longer try to do everything, everywhere, and must choose where to focus its political attention and finite resources.
Richard Fontaine, head of the Centre for a New American Security, a think-tank whose alumni occupy some prominent positions in the Biden administration, says opinion among foreign-policy experts is broadly split by generation: younger scholars, disillusioned by years of fruitless war in Iraq and Afghanistan, are often sympathetic to the idea of restraint. Any zeal to export democracy has abated. “There is a big disillusionment with the missionary role,” he notes.
As for hard power, the guidance declares that “the use of military force should be a last resort, not the first; diplomacy, development, and economic statecraft should be the leading instruments of American foreign policy.” Roosevelt gave priority in the war effort to Europe over Asia, even after Pearl Harbour. By contrast, Mr Biden’s priority is Asia, which means that he is eager both to devote less time and effort to Europe and also to get out of the Middle East and its “forever wars”.
At their video meeting this week, Mr Biden will deliver a three-part warning to Mr Putin, a senior White House official says. If Russia invades it is likely to get bogged down in a protracted internal conflict with Ukrainians; America and European countries will impose severe sanctions on Russia; and NATO will be pressed to increase deployments close to Russia’s borders.
The right to fully expose, divide & exploit 0p]+] nation of dumbed down woke folk. .
America has put forth against itself the deadly combo equation of (Jihad+China+Russia+other Authoritarianism)! And it's fall is certain from where it was...!
Muslim world democracy was always unattainable.
research the Quran well, it tells all about what will happen in the world, human beings are servants of Allah, fear Allah
Allah says in the Quran that even if they don't want it, Allah will complete his light. Islam will dominate the world
USA is the slut of Israhell.
They'll fight for oil, they'll fight to force foreign countries to open markets for US profiteering, they'll overthrow the democratically elected government to secure corporate interests, and they'll fight to clean up messes they themselves created. That's about it.
'Democratize the Muslim world' is a terrible goal to begin with. The focus on a 'rival' to American religious extremists must have worsened our internal democracy considerably.
this is terrible news
'sought to democratise the Muslim world' is doing a lot of lying for you there
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