2013-09-10

The U.S. Exits The World Stage, Russia Is The Leader

A change in president could result in a correction, but the general trend is for America to exit the global stage and leave the world to its own devices. In the clip linked below, O'Reilly discusses America being too weak to act. At the moment, it is not a weakness of means, but a weakness of will. In the coming years, it will also be a weakness of means and even if America has the will to fight, it will not intervene.

O'Reilly: The U.S. Is Too Weak To Even Take Care Of A Cheap Thug Like Assad

I came across one blogger paints the stark shift that is underway: Syria, Russia, and a Championship Belt
Everything was going exactly as planned until Putin shoved a whole pack of Big League Chew into Obama's face and told him to go to his room while the grown ups talked.

Then a funny thing happened. Obama did what he was told. America is backing down.

Russia accomplished this in two ways. First they called for calm... Then they sent their most advanced anti-ship missile systems to Syria. Note... not anti-aircraft. Anti-ship. That's a big difference. They aren't talking about shooting down some planes. They're talking about doing real damage to the US's ability to project power. Walked softly... carry a big stick. This should look familiar. Its the kind of thing America used to do.

After sending those missiles to Syria Russia then rounded up the G20 and effectively made sure they were all in its pocket. Russia called for more information. It asserted that the matter had to go before the UN Security Council and that the US threats were unacceptable.

See the US likes to use the UN for cover when it wants to invade a given country... but the US also likes to ignore the UN when the UN doesn't want to play along. Russia has asserted that the US has no authority to play that game anymore. Russia is calling the US bluff... and the US so far... appears to be folding.

Remember this people.

September of 2013 was the end of the United State's World Super Power Championship Reign.

Russia took the belt.

Russia is the calm cool adult in the room. Russia is calling the shots and the world is listening. For decades the context of every world crisis was "How will the United States respond to this?" Russia has changed that now.

It is now a very different world.
If you watch the O'Reilly clip, you will hear him list all the nations that refused to sign a statement condemning the gas attack in Syria. Among them were Germany and the EU.

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