There are lots of theories for the current state of the world. Professor Victor Davis Hanson believes that our withdrawal from the world has left a vacuum: "The general cause of the unrest is that, fairly or not, the world senses that the United States is tired after its recent interventions, cutting back its defenses, and all but financially insolvent. We might scoff at Neanderthal notions like a loss of deterrence inviting aggression, but Neanderthals do not. Barack Obama apparently believes that such a retrenchment was both inevitable and to be welcomed." Yes, I agree that this is what the world looks like without the US. But why is all of this happening?  How did the US go from a position of strength to one of weakness?  How did this happen in such a short time? My theory is that this is all about President Bush, or reversing Bush's policies.    The mission of the Obama administration was to "de-Bush" the...(Read Full Post)