On BBC World News there is a discussion going on right now on the impact of current events on America’s position in international affairs. Whether the US will be the world leader in a handful or years, or whether it will not. There are depressingly good arguments to be made as to why it will not be.
The deciding factor was summed up in the line that compelled me to write this diary:
“As is true in financial markets, in international affairs perception is everything.”
We have a choice.