Is This The Pentagon's New Political Philosophy?

Photo: Rosa Brooks. Wikipedia

Obama Pentagon Official: America's in Decline, So Let's Tax the Rich -- Weekly Standard

There's a very curious op-ed in The Los Angeles Times today by Rosa Brooks, who is identified as "a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center and a fellow at the New America Foundation." She has a curious and disagreeable premise:

Stung by Republican attacks, Obama has been insisting that he's no declinist. In last week's State of the Union address, he nearly out-Romneyed Romney, proclaiming, "Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn't know what they're talking about."

That's dangerous pabulum. Any honest diplomat will tell you that American power and global influence is waning, and if we shy away from acknowledging that fact, we'll only speed up the process.

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My Comment: As much as one may disagree with Rosa Brooks political philosophy, I say at least she is not President Obama's close friend Bill Ayers.