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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017

      1. Among Very Serious People the real argument for American global hegemony is not freedom or democracy but stability.

      15 replies 103 retweets 367 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      2. The American Empire, the Grown Ups assure us in private, has flaws but without it, we'd have a return to international jungle of 1930s

      3 replies 13 retweets 109 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      3. I have to confess I used to take the stability argument for American Empire seriously & feared return of inter-imperial rivalries.

      5 replies 12 retweets 104 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      4. Here's the thing, tho: if you look at record of the 21st century, USA empire hardly seems like a pillar of stability. Quite the reverse!

      8 replies 32 retweets 182 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      5. Look at the record: Iraq War, 2008 financial meltdown & President Trump. Is this what a superpower promoting stability does?

      16 replies 40 retweets 193 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      6. A stability-promoting superpower would've used 9/11 to create global alliance against Al Qaida. Instead we got Iraq invasion.

      9 replies 31 retweets 215 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      7. It was reckless of American casino capitalism that plunged world in recession in 2008, whose aftereffects we're still living with.

      6 replies 23 retweets 168 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      8. And President Trump is a destabilizing force in countless ways (erratic, mixed messages from POTUS & staff, & alt-right alliances).

      4 replies 15 retweets 133 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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      9. Or take Climate Change, a urgent issue requiring international leadership. Is USA stabilizing or destabilizing on climate?

      4 replies 15 retweets 158 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017

      10. A lot of America's "soft-power" is rooted in consent -- a widely shared sense that USA leadership serves wider interest. That's fading.

      9:41 PM - 18 Jun 2017
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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          11. One way to understand Obama's foreign policy was it was effort to rebuild soft-power to give USA primacy new lease on life.

          2 replies 21 retweets 142 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Jun 2017
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          12. Claim of USA as stability promoter depends heavily on question who is an anomaly: Obama or Trump? That's not clear.

          6 replies 38 retweets 155 likes
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        1. vasabjit banerjee‏ @vasabjit_b 18 Jun 2017
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          US power is also rooted in credibility and respect of US leadership, not as altruistic, but rational, even if self-interested. That's gone.

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