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Andrew's avatar

Great post. We can debate how pivotal this is to the US or the impression of the US, but your closing argument - as articulated in a single line "Oh, and 3,170 miles? That’s the distance from Kabul to Taipei." is precisely what we should be focusing on.

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Sam's avatar

As a slight counterpoint to your article, you might read Peter Zeihan's latest newsletter. The gist being, although this is a very visible moment, the world has seen it coming for years. Perhaps it is not quite so pivotal a week as would appear.

https://zeihan.com/the-return-of-american-narcissism/

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