New York Times reported today: "What lessons will countries draw from this new reality? For potential nuclear states, the lesson is that North Korea's nuclear arsenal brings security that Iran negotiations cannot. For Russia and China, the lesson is might makes right. For America's European allies, the lesson is that the United States is an unpredictable force that may again threaten Greenland at any time or interfere in their internal affairs."
In just a few months, Trump ordered the military to blow up ships in the Caribbean, kidnap the Venezuelan leader, and decapitate the Iranian government. His actions were not authorized by Congress, nor was there a campaign to prepare the American people for them. This omission gives the impression of being deliberate. They deliberately prevented people from examining the justification, the cost, or what would happen after the bombs fell.
Comments: The series of unilateral, overreaching, and bottomless military and intelligence actions by the Trump administration have put "might makes right" on the table, making international law, sovereignty principles, and checks and balances seem like empty words; it is forcing weaker countries to seek nuclear protection umbrellas, making allies feel unsafe, and bringing the world back to the jungle law. The "sudden power" of the United States, bypassing Congress, ignoring public opinion, and disregarding costs, is destroying the international system it once led, dragging the world into a more dangerous and unpredictable abyss.
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