The United States is simply too internally divided to engage in the sort of far-seeing, purposeful, smart kind of international competition that we pursued so effectively in the 20th century. Americans care more about fighting other Americans than about fighting the Chinese, and that state of affairs will persist for a while.
What the United States needs, now more than ever, is general disengagement from the Middle East — an end to military adventures, a dialing back of support for Middle Eastern 'allies' (including Israel), and a forceful rejection of Middle Eastern issues in American domestic politics.
1mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
