THIS op-ed from China has an interesting take on US military power in the world today...
And of course that is a topic of growing concern...both inside and outside the US.
If the US is not respected in the world...what good is its military power? Why can North Korea and Iran "dis" the US with impunity...? It all goes back to the issue of respect...not the number of "nukes" you have.
Now, more than ever, we are seeing a "Grand Alliance" against US power developing on a global scale. Increasingly the US stands alone with Israel and the UK against world opinion... And the UK may be problematic in the coming post-Blair Era...
It all comes from having an administration for eight long years...that is seen as incurious, distrusted and considered to be incompetent in global power centers.
