(from 'The Washington Note' Blog, as the FT article was for paid subscribers only.)
How the U.S. Became the World's Dispensable Nation
by Michael Lind
In a second inaugural address tinged with evangelical zeal, George W. Bush declared: "Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world." The peoples of the world, however, do not seem to be listening. A new world order is indeed emerging - but its architecture is being drafted in Asia and Europe, at meetings to which Americans have not been invited...
Article goes on at length how the US is failing, how the entire world is ganging up against the US, and how it's all Bush's fault. |