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US Government Shutdown: Barack Obama Is Presiding Over The End Of America's Superpower Status -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
For a country that is supposed to be the most powerful in the world, the fact that Americans have today woken up to find large swathes of their nation closed for business is humiliating.
Thanks to President Barack Obama obduracy over his flagship healthcare policy, Democrats and Republicans have failed to reach agreement in Congress on the federal budget, forcing the US Government to close down for the first time in 17 years, with around 700,000 federal workers being placed on indefinite leave.
While the White House insists that essential areas of the government, such as the military, will continue to function, the shut down represents yet a further blow to the prestige of the Obama administration at a time when it is still reeling from its inept handling of the recent Syrian crisis.
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My Comment: As I have mentioned many times in this blog over the years .... the U.S. is on a slow but precipitous decline on the world stage. It no longer is the economic role model for countries to follow .... and it certainly is no longer the political model to emulate. And while the U.S. military is still the mightiest in the world .... what made the U.S. a superpower were the principles and ideals that the founders debated and enshrined in law when they founded the United States ... not the strength of its army. The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are documents that the world should follow for it is what made America exceptional .... but today .... the U.S. now has a government ruled by two corrupt political parties that the people must serve instead of the other way around. A few days before he was elected in 2008 .... President Obama pledged to transform America .... and on that promise he has succeeded beyond his imagination. The philosophy, culture, and mindset has certainly changed in America .... and this change (and decline) is now being noticed on the world scene.
2 comments:
"The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are documents that the world should follow for it is what made America exceptional"
Well, not sure I agree there. If the constitution left the part out about gun ownership (even though it should only apply to militias!) as well as its reliance on multiculturalism which is slowly strangling other countries, then perhaps that would be an improvement.
But as a non-American, I can safely say that I just don't 'Get It' when it comes to American pride and trying to instill that pride on other countries. It comes off as arrogant and wrong.
My explanation (at least my small attempt) for what is American exceptionalism is can be found at the following link .... http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2013/09/is-america-exceptional.html
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