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| America Faces Same Global Threats of Roman Empire |
| 2016-06-05 |
| [Breitbart - From Original at AEI] Just over a quarter of a century ago, the liberal West celebrated triumph in the Cold War. Its victory was underpinned by an evolving strategy of containment, détente, proxy battles and rollback that defeated the Communist bloc without unleashing nuclear war. After unimaginable bloodshed during the 20th century, the fall of the Berlin Wall signaled a triumphal note for the beginning of the next one. Today, less than a generation after the "end of history", such hopes are all but forgotten, as the global order cracks under a combination of strains either long ignored or willfully dismissed. The eight years of the Obama administration have seen only worsening risk and intensification of conflict around the globe. The pace of aggression continues to increase. Yet unlike the still familiar period of great power struggle against totalitarian ideologies during the 20th century, today’s threat to the liberal world comes from two different fronts: the seemingly permanent scourge of Islamist terrorism, and the rise of revanchist and revisionist major powers, such as Russia and China. The United States and its liberal partners have been challenged and found wanting, failing to eliminate or contain the threats. The next US president must do better, or run the risk that the next generation will be one of permanent global disorder. Superpowers have faced great trials before. But in this particularly complex environment, America and its next leader will have to accept the uncomfortable fact that they face a challenge not unlike that which plagued the Roman Empire for centuries. Hopefully the outcomes will differ. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Part of the problem has been as the World's policeman you had to invest the Executive with sustaining powers that ultimately destroyed the old republic. Those were meant for only short periods of time. Chaos is natural. The cost of controlling events is very expensive. In the end, Rome could not afford it, and neither could we. Posted by Procopius2k Entirely accurate assessment in only 57 single PPT capable words. The only thing I might add is that government 'policing' or gun running, like all government endeavors, quickly becomes an enterprise. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-05 11:39 |
| #5 We are each an Aurelian, borne in a manger. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-05 11:24 |
| #4 I don't see any Aurelians on the horizon. |
| Posted by: charger 2016-06-05 10:55 |
| #3 "The next President must do better, or run the risk that the next generation will be on of permanent global disorder" > AHHH, Madonna + 1960's-1970's Guam Taotamonas hit the mark again. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-06-05 09:24 |
| #2 Part of the problem has been as the World's policeman you had to invest the Executive with sustaining powers that ultimately destroyed the old republic. Those were meant for only short periods of time. Chaos is natural. The cost of controlling events is very expensive. In the end, Rome could not afford it, and neither could we. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-05 09:11 |
| #1 The "Great Game" of Geopols doesn't end just because Amerika-fka-America is now under US-led Anti-US OWG-NWO, NAU, + self-imposed Marxism-Socialism-Globalism. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-06-05 08:08 |