Delusionary Washington: The Desperate Plight of a Declining Superpower

(Before It's News)

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch

Russia refuses to curtail support for armed separatists in Ukraine; China refuses to abandon its base-building endeavors in the South China Sea; the Islamic State movement refuses to capitulate in the face of U.S. airpower. What is a declining superpower supposed to do in the face of such defiance?

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