Growing US Aggression Is a Symptom of Imperial Decline
From the Americas to the Middle East, the US is deploying the crudest forms of imperial aggression to shore up its power. This is ultimately a sign of weakness rather than strength, as the foundations upon which the US empire rested are crumbling.
Lacking any grand organizing vision, US imperialists are throwing out whatever they have available to see if they can reverse their imperial denouement. (Leonard Ortiz / MediaNews Group / Orange County Register via Getty Images)
US imperialism is running wild. Under Joe Biden, the White House flagrantly violated international law by enabling Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. Now Donald Trump has gone even further down the same path.
So far, his administration has extorted Washington’s European partners, launched air strikes against Iran, declared its intention to occupy Greenland, and kidnapped Venezuela’s head of state, while continuing to support Israel’s genocide.
The United States has directly assaulted the “rules-based international order” that it once helped establish, undermining the United Nations, withdrawing from the World Health Organization, and imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
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