It is the beginning of the American Empire. Our Congress is worthless. First ObamaCare then debt and now Libya?
>>>It is the beginning of the American Empire. Our Congress is worthless. First ObamaCare then debt and now Libya?<<<
Could be. Remember that the first act of Augustus after being crowned Emperor was to restore the Senate, thereby bringing back the lost republican virtues of the Roman state. Sadly, no one caught the irony of restoring a republic via imperial decree, and Augustus was a good enough statesman to hang on for several decades, long enough for most Romans to forget what it was like to live without a monarch.
I could easily imagine a post-Democrat America humbled by the world, and a fiery conservative calling on a restoration of American values and virtue, but expressed in a setting of a war of American vs. the world. After a while, the wartime restrictions would simply look like American culture, and the commander in chief would lead the states, who will have willingly given up their own power in a popular struggle. Wierdly enough, I would also imagine in that case a kind of Pax Americana in which we would then unflinchingly impose our will on the world as a response to the previous crushing humiliation.
In fact, if there is to be one world, you’ll need a policeman. Why not imperial America?
Of course, that’s just one science fiction scenario. Who the hell knows?