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  • America in Decline

    From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 5 17:10:11 2024
    "President Biden and Vice President Harris pursued a strategy of
    renewal, pairing historic investments in competitiveness at home with an intensive diplomatic campaign to revitalize partnerships abroad. This twin-pillared strategy, they believed, was the best way to disabuse
    competitors of their assumptions that the United States was declining
    and diffident."

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 5 17:44:43 2024
    The above is from Antony Blinken's Foreign Affairs article.

    https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/antony-blinken-americas-strategy-renewal-leadership-new-world

    Blinken claimed that America in decline is wrongly believed by America's competitors such as China. He also credited the US leadership.

    "The Biden administration, for its part, has been working tirelessly
    with partners in the Middle East and beyond to end the conflict and
    suffering in Gaza, find a diplomatic solution that enables Israelis and Lebanese to live in safety on both sides of the border, manage the risk
    of a wider regional war, and work toward greater integration and
    normalization in the region, including between Israel and Saudi Arabia."

    Guardian.com editors published an editorial with the title of "The
    Guardian view on US leadership: war in the Middle East accelerates
    American decline | Editorial."

    The Guardian Editorial has quoted Blinken's piece. It however, depicts
    America differently.

    "Some have dated the end of the American century to Vietnam or the “war
    on terror”. But Donald Trump’s presidency quickened US decline. ...

    Joe Biden deserves credit for solidifying western support around Ukraine
    and restoring relations with Europe. ... The authority it regained,
    however, has been squandered. The stark contrast between the anguish
    that the administration has shown over Ukrainian deaths and the apparent indifference towards the lives of Palestinian civilians in Gaza has
    sharpened widely held cynicism and anger about American double
    standards. A dozen of the administration’s own officials have resigned.
    US diplomats warned that its stance “is losing us Arab publics for a generation”.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 11 19:20:59 2024
    More comment regarding Tony Blinken's Foreign Affairs article. (link in
    the starting post.)

    https://www.theamericanconservative.com/blinken-puts-lipstick-on-the-pig/

    "Attempting to justify his abysmal performance in his debate against
    Donald Trump, Biden insisted: “Not only am I campaigning, but I'm
    running the world. Not—and that's not hi—sounds like hyperbole, but we
    are the essential nation of the world.”

    That the president believed the results of his policy warranted praise demonstrated his mental decline. Blinken’s enthusiastic embrace of the results, claiming the U.S. to be “in a much stronger geopolitical
    position today than it was four years ago,” is less excusable, a
    desperate attempt to preserve what little remains of his reputation.
    After all, who can look at the world today and imagine the American
    people saying to Blinken, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You
    have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” (Matthew 25:23)."

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  • From bmoore@21:1/5 to ltlee1@hotmail.com on Sat Oct 12 01:15:18 2024
    In article <94719f5ec84e1ece363562500526308c@www.novabbs.com>,
    ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:
    More comment regarding Tony Blinken's Foreign Affairs article. (link in
    the starting post.)

    https://www.theamericanconservative.com/blinken-puts-lipstick-on-the-pig/

    "Attempting to justify his abysmal performance in his debate against
    Donald Trump, Biden insisted: “Not only am I campaigning, but I'm
    running the world. Not—and that's not hi—sounds like hyperbole, but we >are the essential nation of the world.”

    That the president believed the results of his policy warranted praise >demonstrated his mental decline. Blinken’s enthusiastic embrace of the >results, claiming the U.S. to be “in a much stronger geopolitical
    position today than it was four years ago,” is less excusable, a
    desperate attempt to preserve what little remains of his reputation.
    After all, who can look at the world today and imagine the American
    people saying to Blinken, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You
    have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many >things.” (Matthew 25:23)."

    Biden is not running and you don't believe in the Bible.

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  • From ltlee1@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 13 18:30:37 2024
    Whatever.
    The question at hand is whether the US is still in decline.
    Not that China wants it. Rather, the US has lost it groove and unlikely
    to get it back anytime soon.

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