We are beset by professional pessimists. Rarely is that unfortunate condition more apparent than when America’s foreign partners enjoy successes in their struggles against our shared adversaries.
Among a bipartisan cast of fatalists, the notion that the West is a spent force is all but conventional wisdom. You’ve heard it all before. We are culturally exhausted and too unsure of ourselves to defend our heritage. We lack the wherewithal to safeguard our interests. Our adversaries possess the determination and skill we’ve lost in the decades we spent languishing in comfort. We are atrophied and insecure. They are stolid and unyielding. Those who insist otherwise are lost in nostalgia for a bygone age. The best we should expect from any responsible leadership class is managed decline.
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