George Bush: Bad for America, Bad for the World
When former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright described the United States as the "indispensable nation," some thought she was presumptuous. But the deterioration of the international system under the power-hungry, arrogant and incompetent Bush administration has proved Albright was right.
The international order is breaking apart before our eyes, largely because the world's leading nation has been badly led.
The deterioration of the geopolitical system has become even more visible with the new outbreak in the long-simmering Arab-Israeli conflict.
Meanwhile, the international community is quickly getting nowhere with persuading Iran to abandon its apparent quest to develop nuclear weapons. The efforts of the big powers to bring North Korea into line have been equally futile. And with that regime even more defiant and belligerent than usual, Japan -almost pacifist since World War II-- has lately threatened a preventive strike against North Korean missile sites. In Iraq, the bloodbath continues, the supposed American liberation of that country having produced instead a low-level civil war. And the souring of relations between the United States and Russia has led to talk of "a new Cold War."
The world is now far more dangerous -more chaotic, more rife with conflict-than it was five and a half years ago when the Bush administration began to remake the American role in the world. This increasing disorder is directly traceable to the choices the Bushites have made in wielding American power.
Continue reading: “How George Bush Has Weakened America, and How that Explains Why the World is Falling Apart” by Andrew Bard Schmookler link
Posted by bernie at July 18, 2006 1:43 PMWhy can't the man and his cronies vanish suddenly? Do you think he's going to remember as the worst Prez ever? It's to see that he has so many loyalists who refuse admit the truth: this country has lost significant ground in all areas since his administration began. Sadly, it can only get worse...
Posted by: Shawn at July 27, 2006 9:49 AM