Comment by wvbdmp
4 days ago
I hope so, but if this goes awry in any way, especially if – god forbid – they lose the crew, my fear is it’ll be a blow to the American hegemony that will be very hard to recover from. Orange man is bad, but I think something like that would add a whole other dimension to the US’s loss of face. I’m as anti-american as they come, but despite everything Pax Americana must be acknowledged and I shudder at the thought of it shattering.
Godspeed!
As far as I am concerned "Pax Americana" ended (if I understand what it means correctly) when they mixed up the best picture at the Oscars!
But may be things have improved since...
> Pax Americana must be acknowledged and I shudder at the thought of it shattering.
Shudder away! We've already had both Carney and the finance minister of Singapore essentially declare Pax Americana to have ended. Everybody else is just being polite.
[EDIT: prime minister of Singapore, not finance minister]
The prime minister of Singapore said something similar. It’s worth a watch, he is very well-spoken.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXSI4cCm3BM
My mistake, I thought it was their finance minister.
Until nukes are going off, Pax Americana stands strong.
That's just deterrence. Pax America (used to) mean something much more than that.
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> if – god forbid – they lose the crew, my fear is it’ll be a blow to the American hegemony that will be very hard to recover from
This has zero impact on American hegemony. That mission is being prosecuted in Iran and with respect to NATO.
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