I wonder if David Leonhardt and the editors considered that all this is happening under Biden’s watch? Even though they don’t want to blame him, though, you know they’d be all over Trump if he were president
The Global Context of the Hamas-Israel War
Russia has started the largest war in Europe since World War II.
China has become more bellicose toward Taiwan.
India has embraced a virulent nationalism.
Israel has formed the most extreme government in its history.
And on Saturday morning, Hamas brazenly attacked Israel, launching thousands of missiles and publicly kidnapping and killing civilians.
All these developments are signs that the world may have fallen into a new period of disarray. Countries — and political groups like Hamas — are willing to take big risks, rather than fearing that the consequences would be too dire.
Ya think? And, let’s not forget about economic issues, nations blowing off the Biden admin, and countries moving away from the US and towards Russia and China. But, why?
The simplest explanation is that the world is in the midst of a transition to a new order that experts describe with the word multipolar. The United States is no longer the dominant power it once was, and no replacement has emerged. As a result, political leaders in many places feel emboldened to assert their own interests, believing the benefits of aggressive action may outweigh the costs. These leaders believe that they have more sway over their own region than the U.S. does.
#LetsGoBrandon. It’s rather hard to be the dominant power when Biden barely works 30 hours a week, spends most weekends in Delaware or Camp David, and doesn’t really seem interested in doing the international stuff a president is supposed to do. Seriously, didn’t Obama pick Biden for his international experience, and have one disaster after another?
Why has American power receded? Some of the change is unavoidable. Dominant countries don’t remain dominant forever. But the U.S. has also made strategic mistakes that are accelerating the arrival of a multipolar world.
Among those mistakes: Presidents of both parties naïvely believed that a richer China would inevitably be a friendlier China — and failed to recognize that the U.S. was building up its own rival through lenient trade policies, as the political scientist John Mearsheimer has argued. In Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. spent much of the early 21st century fighting costly wars. The Iraq war was especially damaging because it was an unprovoked war that George W. Bush chose to start. And the humiliating retreat from Afghanistan, overseen by President Biden, made the U.S. look weaker still.
American power didn’t wane while Bush43 was president. Even as some bashed him, he worked hard with allies and had great relationships. Trump worked hard, and, for all the bashing, he also got things done with allies. What, exactly, is Biden doing? He barely has any leaders from other nations at the White House, and barely goes international. Neither Bush nor Trump made the U.S. look weak towards our enemies. Biden has.
At least 11 Americans murdered by Hamas scum and this is what you are worried about? https://t.co/noAgEBErrC
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) October 9, 2023
Biden didn’t even mention the murdered Americans till 518pm, and that was mostly likely just his comms room. Do you think our enemies respect the neglect? Do you think they respect that there was zero threat?
Teach
NATO is stronger than ever under Biden
Even Sweden and Finland joined.
Europe openly laughed at Trump and ignored him at meetings.
You used to say Biden was too earlier and we were going to have a nuclear war.
Under Biden American companies have been pulling out of China returning to the USA.
China is no longer our number 1 trading partner, down to number 3. I guess that is why you no longer call him “China Joe”
Dear H:
“Europe openly laughed at Trump and ignored him at meetings.”
And they are in the worst state since the end of the cold war.
“Under Biden American companies have been pulling out of China returning to the USA.”
They see what’s coming.
Who gave the New York Times permission to bad mouth a democrat?
The NYT is the print mouth piece of the Dems, they had all the permission they needed. The real question is why are the D’s throwing Brandon further under the bus at a time like this. Seriously, he is even worse than Obozo, even Slick was better in the foreign affairs than these two clowns. But this is not the time, or maybe it is. We need a strong LEADER about now and neither Brandon nor Kommie fit that description. This is getting serious, folks.
Apparently the D’s have something dramatic up their sleeves.