*Exactly* this. That was the actual tipping point. Obama will be seen as a reprieve before the collapse.
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@YousefMunayyer I would put the date much earlier: the Iranian revolution.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Bin Laden has won almost every year since 2001.
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@YousefMunayyer all I would add (observation not approval) is that us power under such circumstances probably underestimatedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Perhaps the post-truth thing also started with the whole WMD thing.
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Since 2000 we've seen the failure of WTO, ICC, most climate deals, UN Peacekeepers, losing faith in World Bank and IMF
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I thought China would end int'l law by flouting South China Sea ruling, but occurred to me it was already on the way.
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I would argue that almost all of the current crises can be traced back to 9/11.
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It was the trigger for a series of events that seem to have flipped a lot of people to authoritarianism.
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@YousefMunayyer I think it began a lot further back than that. Mining of Nicaraguan harbors and ICJ, Henry Kissinger, _passim_ etcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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