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In reply to the discussion: Hong Kong's Incredible Official Statement on Snowden's Departure [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)The error in the Bush I adminstration is to think that the US could sustain sole superpower status after the collapse of the USSR. In a sense, the Anglo - American dominance of the West became unassailable for a short period of time.
However, China did not collapse, but took effective action at Tianamen Square and elsewhere to maintain internal order. Eventually, the traitorous Russian oligarchs were overcome by the FSB.
And in the Middle East, Islamic fundamentalism began a reaction to American hegemony in the region.
Now things are spiraling out of US control as passive agressive behaviour spreads via official and unofficial means throughout much of the globe.
There will be far too many obstinant smurfs for the US to herd effectively.
The historic progression will be from bipolar to unipolar to multipolar power politics leading up to then next series of global wars mid-century.