qrayjack
12-18-2006, 05:42 AM
The Region: US primacy lives
BARRY RUBIN, J Post
Suddenly, there's a new fad in discussing international affairs today, and it may be summarized as the "America is dead" school. Echoing Iran, Western - including US - analysts are claiming that recent events prove the United States is a pitiful, helpless giant.
What the heck is this based on? The only two pieces of evidence seem to be the fact that the US has been unable to transform Iraq and Afghanistan into stable democracies in a brief span of time. And, one might add at the extreme limit, that it has not ended the Arab-Israeli conflict, defeated the forces of radical Islamism, or stopped Iran from developing nuclear weapons either.
MORE (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=116488 1913847&pagename=JPost%2FJPA rticle%2FShowFull)
BARRY RUBIN, J Post
Suddenly, there's a new fad in discussing international affairs today, and it may be summarized as the "America is dead" school. Echoing Iran, Western - including US - analysts are claiming that recent events prove the United States is a pitiful, helpless giant.
What the heck is this based on? The only two pieces of evidence seem to be the fact that the US has been unable to transform Iraq and Afghanistan into stable democracies in a brief span of time. And, one might add at the extreme limit, that it has not ended the Arab-Israeli conflict, defeated the forces of radical Islamism, or stopped Iran from developing nuclear weapons either.
MORE (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=116488 1913847&pagename=JPost%2FJPA rticle%2FShowFull)