I don’t disagree that we have been too active in gunboat diplomacy, military adventures and ‘nation building’, and ultimately to our detriment - after all: here we are, as we are.
But I do not see that in rmlew’s post. Being a power does not require abuse of that power, no more than health and strength compels aggression.
"In other words, we give up any pretense of being a power." "The authors of this are whores if not traitors. Their loyalty is to their prostituted careers, not the country. If they cared about country, they would publicly resign rather than be complicit in this. Sell out your country and get a star."
Do we really have to flex our mussels and show the world that we can still fight a two front war? If China and Russia both attracted us we would not have enough ammo to kill all of Chinese foot soldiers and if the nukes were to fly it would be the end of this world as we know it. So instead we have 160 or more bases overseas in countries that do not recognize the human rights of women and children. It's a joke. The whole problem began in my opinion when we went into Europe and began to rebuild nations and what did we do with the spies and Nazis? We imported the scientist and copied the spy networks of Germany and Russia. We brought it home through operation paperclip and once the CIA got a taste for blood we went into Korea and then a little covert operation in Vietnam. And on and on. The USA has become a bully since WW2.