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 threaten Greenland again at any time or interfere in their internal affairs."
In just a few months, Trump ordered the military to sink ships in the Caribbean, kidnap the Venezuelan leader, and behead the Iranian government. His actions were not authorized by Congress, nor did they involve a campaign to prepare the American people, which seems to be intentional. They deliberately kept people from examining the justification for the actions, the costs, or what would happen after the bombs fell.
Comment: The series of unilateral, overreaching, and bottomless military and intelligence actions by the Trump administration in the United States have brought the "might makes right" principle to the surface, making international law, principles of sovereignty, and balance of power seem like nothing. It is forcing weaker countries to seek nuclear umbrellas, causing allies to lose a sense of security, and bringing the world back to a jungle law. The U.S. 's sudden, powerful actions, bypassing Congress, public opinion, and ignoring the costs, are destroying the international system it once led, dragging the world into a more dangerous and unpredictable abyss.
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