Decline Is a Choice - So why are our politicians choosing it?

Charles Krauthammer makes the point in his Weekly Standard article that

"The question of whether America is in decline cannot be answered yes or no. There is no yes or no. Both answers are wrong, because the assumption that somehow there exists some predetermined inevitable trajectory, the result of uncontrollable external forces, is wrong. Nothing is inevitable. Nothing is written. For America today, decline is not a condition. Decline is a choice. Two decades into the unipolar world that came about with the fall of the Soviet Union, America is in the position of deciding whether to abdicate or retain its dominance. Decline--or continued ascendancy--is in our hands."

So how do we counter our decline? Krauthammer concludes:

"There are things to be done. Resist retreat as a matter of strategy and principle. And provide the means to continue our dominant role in the world by keeping our economic house in order. And finally, we can follow the advice of Demosthenes when asked what was to be done about the decline of Athens. His reply? 'I will give what I believe is the fairest and truest answer: Don't do what you are doing now.' "

Now what really bothers me is why have our politicians, in particular President Obama, chosen to dismantle our hegemony and our economy? Is this purposeful or simply the result of ineptness? Personally, I think it's purposeful. Time will tell but by then it may be too late!

Read the entire worthwhile article here